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The journey of little Charlie

When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's d...

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Main Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Children of sharecroppers > South Carolina > Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves > South Carolina > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > South Carolina > Juvenile fiction.
Plantation owners > South Carolina > Juvenile fiction.
Sharecroppers > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
South Carolina > History > 1775-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
Physical Description: 234 pages ; 22 cm
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection, April 2018.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780545156660
0545156661
9780545156677
054515667X
Author Notes: Newbery Medal-winning children's book author Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan on May 10, 1953 and graduated from The University of Michigan. While there he won the Avery and Jules Hopwood Prizes for poetry and a draft of one of his early books. Curtis spent thirteen years on an assembly line hanging car doors.

His story The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 received a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and Bud, Not Buddy became the first novel to win both of these awards. Elijah of Buxton received the 2008 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and a Newbery Honor. Curtis also won the 2009 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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