Rita Williams-Garcia

Autor(a) de One Crazy Summer

17+ Works 6,814 Membros 349 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Rita Williams-Garcia graduated from Hofstra University. She has written several books including Blue Tights, Every Time a Rainbow Dies, Fast Talk on a Slow Track, One Crazy Summer, and No Laughter Here. Like Sisters on the Homefront was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She won the PEN/Norma mostrar mais Klein Award. She currently teaches at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults Program. She won the Coretta Scott King awards in 2016 with her title Gone Crazy in Alabama in the author category. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Inclui os nomes: R. Williams-Garcia, Rita Williams Garcia, Rita Williams-Garcia

Séries

Gaither Sisters Trilogy

Obras de Rita Williams-Garcia

Popular Recente

One Crazy Summer (2010) 4,048 cópias

P.S. Be Eleven (2013) 691 cópias

Gone Crazy in Alabama (2015) 520 cópias

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground (2017) 379 cópias

Jumped (2009) 326 cópias

Like Sisters on the Homefront (1995) 225 cópias

No Laughter Here (2004) 139 cópias

Every Time a Rainbow Dies (2001) 137 cópias

A Sitting in St. James (2021) 135 cópias

Fast Talk on a Slow Track (1991) 67 cópias

Blue Tights (1988) 51 cópias

Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee (2000) 31 cópias

She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner (2021) 31 cópias

Gaither Sisters Trilogy Collection (2018) 13 cópias

Bottle Cap Boys Dancing On Royal Street (2009) 11 cópias

Diamond Land (2004) 9 cópias

No laughter here 1 exemplar(es)

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Associated Works

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America (2019) — Contribuinte — 534 cópias

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices (2018) — Contribuinte — 220 cópias

First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants (2004) — Contribuinte — 196 cópias

Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever. (2017) — Contribuinte — 177 cópias

War Is...: Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War (2008) — Contribuinte — 141 cópias

No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices (1997) — Contribuinte — 138 cópias

Who Done It? (2013) — Contribuinte — 136 cópias

Free? Stories About Human Rights (2009) — Contribuinte — 120 cópias

Stay True: Short Stories for Strong Girls (1998) — Contribuinte — 110 cópias

Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court (2011) — Contribuinte — 107 cópias

Guys Read: Terrifying Tales (2015) — Contribuinte — 104 cópias

Girl Meets Boy: Because There Are Two Sides to Every Story (2011) — Contribuinte — 99 cópias

When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up (1999) — Contribuinte — 92 cópias

Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They… (2017) — Contribuinte — 89 cópias

The Hero Next Door (2019) — Contribuinte — 87 cópias

Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are (2003) — Contribuinte — 82 cópias

Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1943) — Contribuinte — 78 cópias

Face Relations: 11 Stories about Seeing beyond Color (2004) — Contribuinte — 52 cópias

Second Sight : Stories for a New Millennium (1999) — Contribuinte — 44 cópias

Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body (1938) — Contribuinte — 43 cópias

Dirty Laundry: Stories About Family Secrets (1998) — Contribuinte — 39 cópias

Twelve Shots (1997) — Contribuinte — 39 cópias

The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Contribuinte — 17 cópias

Period Pieces: Stories for Girls (2003) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias

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1960s (124) abandonment (38) African American (208) African Americans (79) award winner (31) black (50) Black Panthers (176) California (93) chapter book (71) children (30) children's (69) children's fiction (37) children's literature (30) civil rights (192) Civil Rights Movement (42) coming of age (43) Coretta Scott King Award (69) family (204) fiction (256) girls (27) grade 6 (30) historical (33) historical fiction (491) history (34) middle grade (62) mothers (55) multicultural (46) National Book Award Finalist (31) Newbery (36) Newbery Honor (111) novel (31) Oakland (60) racism (46) realistic fiction (109) series (37) sisters (171) summer (38) to-read (183) YA (101) young adult (85)

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento: 1957-04-13
Sexo: female
Nacionalidade: USA
Local de nascimento: Queens, New York, USA
Locais de residência: New York, New York, USA
Educação: Hofstra University
Ocupação: creative writing teacher
fiction writer
Organizações: Vermont College
Premiações: ALSC Children's Literature Lecture Award (2023)

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Resenhas

One Crazy Summer de Rita Williams-Garcia

(Newbery Honor Book; Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction; Coretta Scott King Award; National Book Award Finalist)

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Newbery Honor Book; Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction; Coretta Scott King Award; National Book Award Finalist

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A Sitting in St. James de Rita Williams-Garcia

Gr 9 Up—In this stunning portrayal of a white French family who will do anything to maintain their iron grip around
the necks of the enslaved Black people on their antebellum Louisiana plantation, Williams-Garcia has crafted an
intense saga. Masterly characterization, nuanced machinations, and incisive language are on full display in this
novel that also sheds light on current conversations about race and power.

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One Crazy Summer de Rita Williams-Garcia

This is the first time I've come across a historical fiction about the Black Panthers, and I loved it! Appropriately thoughtful in its subject matter, and the precocious narrator charmed me to no end. A tiny, underappreciated work of art.

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