From the rear cover
Things are changing in the Gaither household. After soaking up a "power to the people" mind-set over the summer, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern return to Brooklyn with a newfound streak of independence. Pa has a girlfriend. Uncle Darnell is home from Vietnam, but he's not the same. And a new singing group called the Jackson Five has the girls seeing stars.
But the one thing that doesn't change? Big Ma still expects Delphine to keep everything together. That's even harder now that her sisters refuse to be bossed around, and now that Pa's girlfriend voices her own opinions about things. Through letters, Delphine confides in her mother, who reminds her not to grow up too fast. To be eleven while she can.
An outstanding successor to the Newbery Honor Book One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven stands on its own as a moving, funny story of three sisters growing up amid the radical change of the 1960s, beautifully written by the inimitable Rita Williams-Garcia.
Details
- Title P.S. Be Eleven
- Author Rita Williams-Garcia
- Binding Library Binding
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Quill Tree Books
- Date 2013-05
- Features Dust Cover, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061938634 / 0061938637
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.53 x 6.22 x 1.01 in (21.67 x 15.80 x 2.57 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 770
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Locality: New York, N.Y.
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Sisters, African Americans
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2013, Page 99
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2013, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/2013, Page 119
- Publishers Weekly, 04/15/2013, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 06/01/2013, Page 146
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