Rita Williams-Garcias books about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynoldss and Ibram X. Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtiss The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodsons Brown Girl Dreaming will find much to love in this book. Be Eleven will be enjoyed by fans of the first two books, as well as by readers meeting these memorable sisters for the first time. Powerful and humorous, this companion to the award-winning One Crazy Summer and P.S. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth thats been keeping the sisters apart. The two half sisters havent spoken in years. Across the way lives Ma Charless half sister, Miss Trotter. Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother, Ma Charles. Book Synopsis The Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime. About the Book Companion to One crazy summer and P.S.
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