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Gone Crazy in Alabama
Gone Crazy in Alabama
Reviewed by: Jill Hooper - Freeport Middle School, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 12, 2016
Review
The young Gaither sisters (Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern) are leaving their Brooklyn home to head to Alabama for the summer. It's 1969 and their father is sending them to spend the summer with his mother, but not without warning his girls about the differences of New York and the deep South. The girls find themselves on the farm immersed in a very different lifestyle, and learn of a rift between their grandmother and her half sister. When a tornado rips through their community, the sisters come to understand the value of family and the bonds that bind them together.
Williams-Garcia creates believable characters who feel like old friends.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Williams-Garcia, Rita
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: Amistad/Harper Collins
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: realistic fiction,historical fiction
Audience: grades 4-6
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: excellent
ISBN: 9780062215871
Price: 16.99