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The journey of little Charlie / Christopher Paul Curtis.

Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul, author.

Physical Description234 p. ; 22 cm.

Note: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.

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Curtis, Christopher Paul, author.
Subject:
Sharecroppers -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.