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Rita Williams-Garcia

 
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About the Author

Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) is an American writer of young adult novels. She won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book One Crazy Summer. She won the PEN/Norma Klein Award. Her book P.S. Be Eleven won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2014. In 2016 her book Gone Crazy in Alabama won the Coretta Scott King Award.

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Books by Rita Williams-Garcia

She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1
She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner
Fast Talk on a Slow Track
Fast Talk on a Slow Track
Like Sisters on the Homefront
Like Sisters on the Homefront

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