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Character Analysis. Delphine's middle sister enjoys playing pranks, running, and yelling with little Fern. The two of them are attached at the hip—well, except when Vonetta colors all over Fern's doll just to be mean. We'll give Vonetta the benefit of the doubt since she's just a kid and Fern's her sister.
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Vonetta Delphine's middle sister enjoys playing pranks,...
- One Crazy Summer Characters
Vonetta Delphine's middle sister enjoys playing pranks, running, and yelling with little Fern. The two of them are attached at the hip—well, except when Vonetta colors all over Fern's doll just to be mea...
One Crazy Summer is a historical fiction novel by American author Rita Williams-Garcia, published by Amistad in 2010. The novel is about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern, three sisters, visiting their mother in Oakland, California, during the summer of 1968.
- Rita Williams-Garcia
- 2010
One Crazy Summer. Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Crazy Kelvin is a teenager, around 17. He was upset that Fern's doll, Miss Patty cake, was a "white baby doll," while Fern is African-American. This argument led to older girls making fun of Fern, and finally, Vonetta coloring over Miss Patty Cake with a black marker, ruining her.
Delphine Gaither is flying with her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, from New York to Oakland, California. The children are going to see their mother, Cecile, who had abandoned them many years...
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Vonetta, the most social of the three sisters, begins making friends the next day. A member of the Black Panthers constantly ridicules the Gaither sisters for not being “black enough,” which prompts Delphine to watch over her sisters at the People's Center.
