Summary Of P. S. Be Eleven

The author of this book is Rita Williams-Garcia. The title of this book is called P.S Be Eleven . The genre of this book is Historical Fiction. The setting is 1968 Brooklyn, New York. The setting impacts the character because they spent a long time with the Black Panthers that now Big Ma really doesn’t like how they stand up for their things.
You will be exploring many fascinating characters including Big Ma, Uncle Darnell, Pa, and Mr. Mwila. Big Ma is the grandmother of the 3 sisters. She is kind of angry at Pa because he got married with someone else. When the girls got into a huge mess at the airport Big Ma was super angry and wanted to hit them. Big Ma also hates it when people interrupt her when she is reading the Bible. She loves her
Uncle Darnell was a vietnam war fighter. He was bald and he didn't look like a highschool student. When he got back Delphine thought he was a grown serious man not a funny dimpled guy. He had crazy nightmares as well. Pa is the grandfather of the 3 girls. He made some interesting when the girls came back from Oakland, California. He has a new girlfriend named Miss Hendrix. After that he asked her to marry him she said, YES. Finally we have Mr. Mwila he is the 6th grade teacher. He was an exchange with Miss Honeywell. When Delphine’s class saw him they all got confused. He is from Zambia and he is very strict and stern. He always says Decorum and the class does not even know what that means. “ Decorum, class.” (pg.94 Williams-Garcia).
In the exposition, the 3 sisters came back to Brooklyn. While they were on the plan they had a turbulence. When they got off the plan they made a huge mess. Fern peed on the bathroom floor because she couldn’t get to the bowl quickly. While Delphine was running to her Big Ma she bumped into a white guy and made his newspaper fly away. When Big Ma saw that she didn’t like it at all so she screamed at Delphine to say sorry. The rising action was when Big Ma, Pa,