Tābistān-i dīvānah Persian 2025

The book One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is an acclaimed and engaging novel for young readers, first published in 2010. The story follows eleven-year-old Delphine, who has taken on the responsibility of caring for her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, after their mother abandoned them. The three sisters travel from Brooklyn to California to spend the summer with the mother who left them seven years earlier—but Cecile is nothing like the mother they had imagined.

Instead of carefree days and amusement parks, their mother sends them to a summer camp run by the Black Panther Party. Set against one of the most turbulent periods in contemporary American history, the novel portrays how the sisters confront new realities about family, society, identity, and independence. One Crazy Summer is a warm, at times humorous, yet deeply reflective narrative about growth, responsibility, and self-discovery.

The novel has received numerous awards and honors, including recognition as a Newbery Honor Book and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, as well as selection as a Best Book of the Year by major American publications. One Crazy Summer is a powerful story about family bonds and the formation of identity amid social change—one that resonates with both young and adult readers alike.