Rita Williams-Garcia’s Newbery Honor-winning novel, One Crazy Summer, was a winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, a National Book Award finalist, the recipient of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and a New York Times bestseller. The sequel, P.S. Be Eleven, was also a Coretta Scott King Award winner and an ALA Notable Children’s Book for Middle Readers. She is also the author of six distinguished novels for young adults: Jumped, a National Book Award finalist; No Laughter Here, Every Time a Rainbow Dies (a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book), and Fast Talk on a Slow Track (all ALA Best Books for Young Adults); Blue Tights; and Like Sisters on the Homefront, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, is on the faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children & Young Adults Program, and has two adult daughters, Stephanie and Michelle, and a son-in-law, Adam.
Three sisters face unexpected truths in a summer with their estranged mother and the Black Panthers.
Three sisters meet their estranged mother and uncover unexpected truths during a summer with the Black Panthers.
Three sisters face unexpected truths in a summer with their estranged mother and the Black Panthers.
Delphine navigates family changes and a new teacher while clinging to her childhood.
A boy defies his mother's ban on blues music, seeking freedom and truth on a journey through New York City.
Sisters uncover family secrets in Alabama, testing the strength of their bonds when tragedy strikes.
A teen mother uncovers family secrets in the South, reshaping her future.
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Three sisters face unexpected truths in a summer with their estranged mother and the Black Panthers.
Discover how the fastest woman overcame challenges to make history.
Secrets unravel on a plantation as a portrait reveals hidden truths and tangled histories.
Discover the childhood sparks that ignited today's beloved storytellers.
A boy defies his mother's ban on blues music, seeking freedom and truth on a journey through New York City.
Sisters uncover family secrets in Alabama, testing the strength of their bonds when tragedy strikes.
Delphine navigates family changes and a new teacher while clinging to her childhood.
Three sisters meet their estranged mother and uncover unexpected truths during a summer with the Black Panthers.
A teen mother uncovers family secrets in the South, reshaping her future.
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The authors and illustrators who share the credits across Rita Williams-Garcia's books.
