The National Book Award finalist by Christopher Paul Curtis!
The Journey of Little Charlie joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!
Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died and Cap'n Buck — the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina — has come to collect a debt. Fearing for his life, Charlie strikes a deal with Cap'n Buck and agrees to track down some folks accused of stealing from the cap'n and his boss. It's not too bad of a bargain for Charlie... until he comes face-to-face with the fugitives and discovers their true identities. Torn between his guilty conscience and his survival instinct, Charlie needs to figure out his next move — and soon. It's only a matter of time before Cap'n Buck catches on.
Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis brings his trademark humor and heart to this story of a boy struggling to do right in the face of history's cruelest evils.
The Journey of Little Charlie (Scholastic Gold) by Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis was awarded both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his debut book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, and won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his second book, Bud, Not Buddy. Mr. Curtis is also the author of the Golden Kite Award-winning Bucking the Sarge, as well as Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission, and the Newbery Honor book Elijah of Buxton
ISBN-13: 9780545156677
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date: 05/04/2021
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years
young reader - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
young reader - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
young reader - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
young reader - Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black
young reader - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
young reader - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
LC Subjects:
-Children of sharecroppers -South Carolina
-Fugitive slaves -African Americans
-Plantation owners -History
-1775-1865 -United States
-19th century -Sharecroppers
-Slavery -Race relations
-Historical fiction