Gone Crazy in Alabama

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It

And Then Things Fall Apart

Pride

How It All Blew Up

First & Then

Ala Notable Children's Books. Middle Readers

In this exquisite sequel to the New York Times bestseller One Crazy Summer, the Gaither sisters return to Brooklyn and find that changes large and small have come to their home.

After spending the summer in Oakland with their mother and the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern arrive home with a newfound streak of independence, and the sisters aren't the only ones who have changed. Now Pa has a girlfriend. Uncle Darnell returns from Vietnam a different man. But Big Ma still expects Delphine to keep her sisters in line. That's much harder now that Vonetta and Fern refuse to be bossed around. Besides her sisters, Delphine's got plenty of other things to worry about-like starting sixth grade, being the tallest girl in her class, and dreading the upcoming school dance (her first). The one person she confides in is her mother, Cecile. Through letters, Delphine pours her heart out and receives some constant advice: to be eleven while she can.

The sequel to the Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven stands on its own as a funny, moving story of three sisters coming of age in the turbulent 1960s.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Gone Crazy in Alabama

Rita Williams-Garcia, 2015

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

Rita Williams-Garcia, 2017

Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults

Rita Williams-Garcia, Lensey Namioka, Donald R. Gallo, 1993

The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It

Lisa Shanahan, 2006

And Then Things Fall Apart

Arlaina Tibensky, 2011

Pride

Lucy Daniels, 2003

How It All Blew Up

Arvin Ahmadi, 2020

First & Then

Emma Mills, 2015