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A Guest Blogger on One Crazy Summer
Our students have been reading this summer and posting book reviews on the CMS Media Center Blog. I thought I'd share some of them with you. Katy M., a rising 6th grader, wrote this one on the Georgia Book Award One Crazy Summer.
Guest blogger, Katy M. rising 6th grader:
I read, and loved, the book One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia. It was a fantastic, humorous tale of three young girls who visit their runaway mother in Oakland, California. I, along with the three sisters, learned a lot about the controversial times, groups, and happenings of the 1960's- especially a Civil rights reform group the girls join called the Black Panthers. Through this book, and the Panthers' adventures, I discovered a whole new side of protests and reforms- and the people behind them. I learned that behind any good social movement is a good plan, hard work, and courageous men, women, and as we learn in One Crazy Summer, children! I know that I related to Delphine, Fern, and Vonetta (The three sisters) and everyone in the wild cast of characters, from "Go-karting" Hirohito to Crazy Kelvin to serene Sister Pat. I, and many people I know, love the center of attention, and all the spotlight all the time like rising star Vonetta, pleading for her audiences' full focus. And I'm a big sister, so I sometimes feel the need to watch over, guide, and discipline my little brother, just like big sister of two, Delphine. And, as we want to guide and watch over, we all sometimes want to BE guided and BE watched over like little Fern does. All in all, I got a lot out of One Crazy Summer, and I think it's a great read for anyone's crazy summer- or spring, fall, or winter! I found this story really intriguing and interesting, and I highly recommend it!
Guest blogger, Katy M. rising 6th grader:
I read, and loved, the book One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia. It was a fantastic, humorous tale of three young girls who visit their runaway mother in Oakland, California. I, along with the three sisters, learned a lot about the controversial times, groups, and happenings of the 1960's- especially a Civil rights reform group the girls join called the Black Panthers. Through this book, and the Panthers' adventures, I discovered a whole new side of protests and reforms- and the people behind them. I learned that behind any good social movement is a good plan, hard work, and courageous men, women, and as we learn in One Crazy Summer, children! I know that I related to Delphine, Fern, and Vonetta (The three sisters) and everyone in the wild cast of characters, from "Go-karting" Hirohito to Crazy Kelvin to serene Sister Pat. I, and many people I know, love the center of attention, and all the spotlight all the time like rising star Vonetta, pleading for her audiences' full focus. And I'm a big sister, so I sometimes feel the need to watch over, guide, and discipline my little brother, just like big sister of two, Delphine. And, as we want to guide and watch over, we all sometimes want to BE guided and BE watched over like little Fern does. All in all, I got a lot out of One Crazy Summer, and I think it's a great read for anyone's crazy summer- or spring, fall, or winter! I found this story really intriguing and interesting, and I highly recommend it!
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