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Format:

Book

Author:

Williams-Garcia, Rita, author.

Title:

Gone crazy in Alabama / by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]

Description:

293 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm

Summary:

"Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible"-- From publisher's website.

Target Audience Note:

Middle School.

Ages 8-12.

Series:

Gaither Sisters ; 3

Subjects:

African American women -- Juvenile fiction.

Mothers -- Juvenile fiction.

Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Alabama -- Juvenile fiction.

Other Author:

Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.

Amistad (Firm), publisher.

Other Title:

Coretta Scott King author award, 2016.

Notes:

Companion to One crazy summer and P.S. Be eleven.

Jacket illustration by Frank Morrison.

Includes bibliographical references.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.5 9.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #173605.

Reading Counts 3-5 4.5 14 65924.

Lexile 740L.

Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2016

Contents:

It takes a licking -- Things fell apart -- On the road -- Everything is everything -- Moon house -- JimmyTrotter, No space in between -- Straight from Sophie -- Far from Net-Net and Unc -- Chicken run -- Ruination of things -- Great Miss Trotter -- Sophie's on -- That's entertainment -- Part-time Indian -- How I met my sister -- Little Miss Ethel Waters -- Every sprig -- Chickweed -- Going to town -- Aunt Jemima, who? -- Bambi's mother -- Short for Onchetty -- Like a bird in the sky -- Klan -- Keeping up with the Kennedys -- The spider has landed -- Got milk? -- Pure T spite -- Gone -- Blue sky -- The call -- Taranada -- Sister -- Three dog night -- You are the hill -- Mississippi -- Gone crazy in Alabama -- Sad irons -- Sign of love -- Kind of truth -- Act of God -- Maypop and Dandelion -- Southern good-bye -- Keeps on ticking.

Web Site:

Contributor biographical information

LCCN:

2014922274

ISBN:

9780062215888

0062215884

9780062215871

0062215876

Other Number:

900875718

System Availability:

3

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

3

Control Number:

508458

# Local items in:

3

# System items in:

3

Call Number:

j Williams