Summer, 1968 and Delphine and her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, are taking a plane ride from Brooklyn to Oakland. Their father is sending them to visit their mother Cecile. Cecile, a poet, abandoned her daughters years ago and resents this forced visitation. She barely speaks to them, feeds them Chinese take-out every meal, and refuse to let them in her kitchen. There are no fun trips to the beach or Disneyland planned, instead Cecile sends them to the Black Panthers summer camp and they are told to stay out all day. At camp, the girls are given breakfast and a revolutionary education that includes topics such as Vietnam, racial inequality, protest marches, and demonstrations. The mature, motherly Delphine resist the revolutionary ideas at first but she begins to recognize injustices done to her personally and in the world. In addition, she begins to understand her mother a little bit better. Williams-Garcia has written an emotional book that immerses the reader in the turbulent 60's. The characters are memorable and will stay with you long after reading the book. It also reminds adults that during political movements, national upheavals, wars, and historical events children are there witnessing the change.