Gone Crazy in Alabama - Rita Williams-Garcia

Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern Gaither are back! This time the girls travel down south to spend some quality time with Big Ma and other relations. The Gaither sisters struggle to adapt to the rural Alabama lifestyle, and as usual Delphine is tasked with keeping her sisters out of trouble. Alongside familiar family characters, readers are introduced to Ma Charles and Miss Trotter, squabbling half-sisters and matriarchs of the family. Level-headed Delphine thinks just about everyone has Gone Crazy in Alabama (Amistad, $16.99). Set in 1969, award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia flawlessly depicts this story of family and love while capturing the complicated historical dynamics of the time. Ages 10-12. Kasie Griffitts