This book is a must read parents. I ran across this book simply while looking for chapter books to read for my class, and enjoyed the book to the fullest. I do not really know a lot about the Black Panther movement, but this book gives insight on the movement from the eyes of three sisters. Parents if you want to expose your children to a different era, which you should; this will be a great book for him or her to read. Despite the unfortunate circumstances the girls are in, the see, to make the best of what they have, and where they are.

Review title: The People's Center Summer Camp. How would you like to go back in time to the late 1960s and see the world through the eyes of three young girls? Well, you can. Go back to 1968 with an eleven year-old, a nine year-old, and a seven year-old to experience a summer they would remember for a lifetime. Many exciting adventures are in store for the three, and you will learn all about the sights and sounds they discovered as they traveled from the East coast to the West coast. *Informative. *Revealing. *Insightful. **Gives a look into childhood from different perspectives.

This book was rocking' like crazy!

Black Panthers. Unloving poet mother WAW nominee

This is my favorite, so far, of the books I've read from many of the Mock Newbery lists that are out there. The three sisters are distinct characters. Some beautiful, poetic passages in places in the story. This book, compared to the moving first novel by Kekla Magoon from last year, The Rock and the River , is a younger introduction to the Black Panthers, too. While a story of three young girls, abandoned by their mother may not be upbeat, the sisters do come to a believable understanding of their mother and it has a realistic, if not happily ever after ending.