The Journey of Little Charlie
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 48,178
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193275, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Sharecroppers--Fiction
- Children of sharecroppers
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Slavery
- Plantation owners
- 19th century
- Children of sharecroppers--South Carolina--Juvenile fiction
- South Carolina--History--1775-1865--Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Plantation owners--South Carolina--Juvenile fiction
- Fugitive slaves--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Sharecroppers
- African Americans
- History
- African Americans--South Carolina--Juvenile fiction
- 1775-1865
- Race relations--Fiction
- United States
- United States--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction
- South Carolina
- Race relations
- Fugitive slaves--South Carolina--Juvenile fiction
- Fugitive slaves
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Awards & Distinctions 8
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Geoffrey Bilson Award, 1988-2022
Winner, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2018
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Middle Selection, 2018
Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2022
Author Finalist, 2018
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