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.
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.
A boy defies his mother's ban on blues music, seeking freedom and truth on a journey through New York City.
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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.
Eleven authors share original ghost stories made for flashlights, campfires and scaring your friends.
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.
