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Toon Review: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

April 27, 2010 by

One Crazy Summer
By Rita Williams-Garcia
Amistad (HarperCollins)
ISBN: 9780060760892
$15.99
Grades 4-7
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*Best New Books*

Review copy from library.

Also reviewed by Kids Lit, A Chair, A Fireplace, A Tea Cozy, Educating Alice (in the New York Times), A Fuse #8 Production.

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Filed Under: *Best New Books*, Reviews, Toon Reviews
About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

Comments

  1. paula says:
    June 7, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Jeez, Travis, I have been trying SO HARD to synopsize this book in a way that doesn’t make it sound dire and sad – abandonment by mother! Black Panthers! “Reverse coming-of-age book” – that’s good, but I’m still working on a way to sell it to kids.

  2. RyanMCFC says:
    July 21, 2010 at 5:01 am

    Gah! Your Toon reviews are INCREDIBLE! I’ve just added “Get reviewed in comic form” to my list of goals for our new book.

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    April 27, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    […] An excellent book and one that will garner attention during award time. For a very funny toon review… […]