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Book Club: One Crazy Summer: Graphic Novel by Rita Williams-Garcia

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2026-02-26 16:00:00 2026-02-26 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Book Club: One Crazy Summer: Graphic Novel by Rita Williams-Garcia Join us as we discuss the graphic novel One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia in celebration of African American and Black History Month For ages 8 – 12 Books are available at the Customer Service Desk Live Oak Library - Meeting Room

Thursday, February 26
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Join us as we discuss the graphic novel One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia in celebration of African American and Black History Month For ages 8 – 12 Books are available at the Customer Service Desk

Synopsis:

Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.

But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers.

Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Book Club | African American & Black History Month |

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Live Oak Library was founded in 1917. As the business areas along Live Oak Avenue were incorporated into the city of Arcadia, the library site moved eastward until it came to its current location in 1964 in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.

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