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One of the byproducts of Delphine's lifetime of all-work-and-no-play ways is that she thinks she's wiser than she is about the ways of the world. Look at how she looks down upon her six-year-old-self's understanding of her mom's disappearance:
How does Delphine grow and change over the course of the book? Is she the same person at the end as she was at the beginning? How do the themes of identity and abandonment intersect?
Why does Delphine want to skip the rally? Does she agree with what the Black Panthers are fighting for? How does Delphine's attitude towards her mother change over the book?
By Rita Williams-Garcia Discussion Guide. About the Book Questions for Discussion. Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago.
In the chapter " Everyone Knows the King of the Sea," Delphine tells us that "a name is important" because your "name is who you are and how you're known even when you do...
Narrated from the perspective of Delphine Gaither, the eldest of three sisters, the work explores the importance of family relationships, the realities of Black childhood and identity, and the influence of Black power politics on children of this era.
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Even the sisters she’s always looked after are getting more independent. With her first dance and a Jackson Five concert on the horizon, Delphine is on her way to growing up, ready or not, in this vivid novel steeped in the music and politics of the late 1960s.
