Rita Williams Garcia Reading Order
1 series · 27 books
Rita Williams-Garcia is an acclaimed author of children's and young adult fiction whose work frequently explores themes of identity, family, and African American experience. Her 2010 novel Jumped received recognition as a National Book Award finalist, while One Crazy Summer earned her major honors including the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Writing primarily standalone novels rather than series, Williams-Garcia has built a distinguished career spanning from 1981 to 2010 with over two dozen books celebrated for their emotional depth and cultural significance.
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Standalone Novels Series
Complete27 books
Rita Williams-Garcia published 27 standalone novels between 1981 and 2010, with the series now complete. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Cyflwyno'r Llydaweg. Each novel stands alone as an independent story, allowing readers to start anywhere, though following the publication sequence provides insight into the author's evolving style across three decades.
Start with Cyflwyno'r Llydaweg, the first of 27 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Sitting in St. James |
| 2 | Black Enough |
| 3 | Bottle Cap Boys on Royal Street |
| 4 | Clayton Byrd goes underground |
| 5 | Every Time a Rainbow Dies |
| 6 | Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set |
| 7 | Gone Crazy in Alabama |
| 8 | Gone crazy in Alabama |
| 9 | Like Sisters on the Homefront |
| 10 | One Crazy Summer |
| 11 | P. S. Be Eleven |
| 12 | Second Sight |
| 13 | Verano Loco |
| 14 | Cyflwyno'r Llydaweg 1981 |
| 15 | Dictionnaire BretonGallois 1984 |
| 16 | Blue Tights 1988 |
| 17 | Fast talk on a slow track 1991 |
| 18 | Geiriadur Cymraeg-Llydaweg = 1994 |
| 19 | Prove me, the Lord says 1994 |
| 20 | Like sisters on the homefront 1995 |
| 21 | Catching the wild waiyuuzee 2000 |
| 22 | Every time a rainbow dies 2001 |
| 23 | Diamond Land 2003 |
| 24 | If the creek don't rise 2006 |
| 25 | No Laughter Here 2007 |
| 26 | Jumped 2009 |
| 27 | One crazy summer 2010 |
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