The Resource Bucking the sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis
Bucking the sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis
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The item Bucking the sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Bucking the sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becominga philosopher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 341 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780786271481
- Label
- Bucking the sarge
- Title
- Bucking the sarge
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Paul Curtis
- Subject
-
- trueSchools
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueBusiness
- Business enterprises -- Fiction
- trueCaregivers
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueEthics
- Flint (Mich.) -- Fiction
- trueFlint, Michigan
- trueFraud
- Fraud -- Fiction
- trueGroup homes
- Group homes -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueMichigan -- Social life and customs
- trueMothers
- Mothers -- Fiction
- trueMothers and sons
- truePeople with disabilities
- People with mental disabilities -- Fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueScience projects
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- trueAfrican Americans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becominga philosopher
- Summary
- Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2005
- Great Lakes Book Awards, Children's category, 2005.
- Golden Kite Award for Fiction, 2004.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2004
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2004.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 128060
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.C94137
- LC item number
- Bw 2005
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1000
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 4
- 6
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Large type books
- Business enterprises
- Fraud
- Group homes
- Mothers
- People with mental disabilities
- African Americans
- Flint (Mich.)
- Large type books
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Bucking the sarge, 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
- 19853406
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 341 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786271481
- Isbn Type
- (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004059816
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- Bucking the sarge, 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
- 19853406
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 341 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786271481
- Isbn Type
- (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004059816
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- trueSchools
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueBusiness
- Business enterprises -- Fiction
- trueCaregivers
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueEthics
- Flint (Mich.) -- Fiction
- trueFlint, Michigan
- trueFraud
- Fraud -- Fiction
- trueGroup homes
- Group homes -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueMichigan -- Social life and customs
- trueMothers
- Mothers -- Fiction
- trueMothers and sons
- truePeople with disabilities
- People with mental disabilities -- Fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueScience projects
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- trueAfrican Americans
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2005
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2004
- trueGolden Kite Award: Fiction
- trueClassic Realistic Fiction (Teens)
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2004
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2005
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
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.
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2005
- Award
- Great Lakes Book Awards, Children's category, 2005.
- Award
- Golden Kite Award for Fiction, 2004.
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2004
- Award
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2004.
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