The Resource The journey of little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis
The journey of little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis
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Resource Information
The item The journey of little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545156660
- Label
- The journey of little Charlie
- Title
- The journey of little Charlie
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Paul Curtis
- Subject
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- trueTwelve-year-old boys
- Plantation owners
- truePlantation owners
- Plantation owners -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueSharecroppers
- Sharecroppers -- Fiction
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Fiction
- South Carolina
- trueSouth Carolina
- South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile fiction
- United States
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- 1775-1899
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCanadian people
- trueChildren of sharecroppers
- Children of sharecroppers
- Children of sharecroppers -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- trueFreedom seekers
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Juvenile works
- trueNorth American people
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Award
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- Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, 2019.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10618799
- Cataloging source
- NJQ/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Dewey number
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- 813.54
- Fic
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 960L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 5
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Children of sharecroppers
- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans
- Plantation owners
- Sharecroppers
- Slavery
- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans
- Race relations
- African Americans
- Children of sharecroppers
- Fugitive slaves
- Plantation owners
- South Carolina
- United States
- South Carolina
- United States
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- The journey of little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1900717
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545156660
- Lccn
- 2017020256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780545156660
- (OCoLC)985447455
- Label
- The journey of little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1900717
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545156660
- Lccn
- 2017020256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780545156660
- (OCoLC)985447455
Subject
- trueTwelve-year-old boys
- Plantation owners
- truePlantation owners
- Plantation owners -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueSharecroppers
- Sharecroppers -- Fiction
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Fiction
- South Carolina
- trueSouth Carolina
- South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile fiction
- United States
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- 1775-1899
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCanadian people
- trueChildren of sharecroppers
- Children of sharecroppers
- Children of sharecroppers -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- trueFreedom seekers
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- South Carolina -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Juvenile works
- trueNorth American people
Genre
Included in
- trueGeoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2018
- trueEnslavement and Freedom (9-12)
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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Manchaca Road BranchBorrow it5500 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX, 78745, US30.2166039 -97.79733689999999
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