"In the summer of 1968, after traveling 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." - From Catalog.This is a very sweet tale of three young girls, who spend their summer attending a Black Panther summer camp. The story introduces to the readers the issues of African Americans in the late - 60's, as the girls are learning more about their culture and issues that their race is facing at the camp. They (and the reader) also see that there were many facets to the Black Panther movement, and not everyone in the group held extreme radical beliefs. Informative, charming, and entertaining; I would recommend this book for elementary / junior high school age.
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