Gone Crazy in Alabama

by Rita Williams-Garcia

Book Overview

The Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime.

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062215876
• ISBN13: 9780062215871
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great book for young readers! (Final story in 3 books series)

This book, along with the other three books of the series, follows three sisters (Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern) as they go during the summer of 1968 to the South to visit their grandmother and great-grandmother. This is the third book, and is told from the point of view of the oldest sister (11 year old Delphine) as the sisters deal with the dispute between their great-grandmother and great aunt, along with experiencing racism and a severe storm. I think that this book is very good for young readers, especially girls, ages 9 and up. I got all three books for a 10 year old niece who enjoyed them.