91 pages • 3 hours read
Rita Williams-GarciaOne Crazy Summer
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Discuss how Delphine's perspective of her racial identity changes over the course of the novel.
What are Delphine's sources of information about what a mother should and should not be? How do these expectations shape Delphine's relationship with her mother?
How does the relationship between Delphine and her sisters change as a result of their summer with Cecile?
How do the Black Panthers’ presence in the novel shape the plot and the characters?
Discuss the symbolism of Cecile's printing press.
How do historical events that occur during the summer of 1968 affect the characters?
Discuss Delphine’s reasons for not wanting her sisters to return to the People's Center or participate in the rally. Is she right in choosing survival over activism? Why or why not?
Research the role that children played in social and political movements during the late 1960s. How accurately do you think the novel portrays the role children played in the civil rights movement?
Discuss the role of setting—Oakland, San Francisco, and the People's Center—in the novel.
Discuss the significance of naming in the novel.
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