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African Americans Fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Bereavement Fiction Black Panther Party Juvenile fiction Blues (Music) Fiction Civil rights movements Juvenile fiction Family life Fiction Grandfathers Death Fiction Grandparent and child Fiction Oakland (Calif.) History 20th century Juvenile fictionWilliams-Garcia, Rita.
Summary: In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010
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Summary: Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017