Results for: christopher curtis

Below is a list of 11 the books by this author.

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BUCKING THE SARGE
By: christopher curtis | Published: May 2006

Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fifteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor...

Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fifteen-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. Reprint.

Theme: Humour, Coming of Age

  • ISBN
    9780440413318
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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BUD NOT BUDDY
By: christopher curtis | Published: January 2002

It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan, and when 10-year-old Bud decides to hit the road to find his father, nothing can stop him.

  • ISBN
    9780440413288
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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BUD NOT BUDDY
By: christopher curtis | Published: September 2004

  • ISBN
    9780553494105
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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ELIJAH OF BUXTON
By: christopher curtis | Published: February 2009

Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis lends his trademark humour and vibrant narrative style to the gripping tale of eleven-year-old Elijah...

Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis lends his trademark humour and vibrant narrative style to the gripping tale of eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman. The first child born into freedom in Buxton, Ontario, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit, Elijah is best known in his hometown as the boy who threw up on Frederick Douglass. Not on purpose, of course, he was just a baby then! But things change when a former slave calling himself the Right Reverend Zephariah W. Connerly the Third steals money from Elijah's friend Mr. Leroy, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah joins Mr. Leroy on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the disreputable preacher, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents have fled a life from which he'll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home. Exciting yet evocative, heart-wrenching yet hilarious, Elijah of Buxton is Christopher Paul Curtis at his very best and it's an unforgettable testament to the power of hope.

Theme: African Heritage, Historical Fiction

  • ISBN
    9780439023450
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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Book cover of MADMAN OF PINEY WOODS
MADMAN OF PINEY WOODS
By: christopher curtis | Published: May 2019

Bestselling Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis delivers a powerful companion to his multiple award-winning ELIJAH OF BUXTON. Benji and Red...

Bestselling Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis delivers a powerful companion to his multiple award-winning ELIJAH OF BUXTON. Benji and Red couldn't be more different. They aren't friends. They don't even live in the same town. But their fates are entwined. A chance meeting leads the boys to discover that they have more in common than meets the eye. Both of them have encountered a strange presence in the forest, watching them, tracking them. Could the Madman of Piney Woods be real? In a tale brimming with intrigue and adventure, Christopher Paul Curtis returns to the vibrant world he brought to life in Elijah of Buxton. Here is another novel that will break your heart -- and expand it, too. This critically acclaimed story by National Book Award finalist Christopher Paul Curtis joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes extra bonus content!

  • ISBN
    9781338359657
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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Book cover of MIGHTY MISS MALONE
MIGHTY MISS MALONE
By: christopher curtis | Published: January 2012

In the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Bud, Not Buddy, Bud met a girl named Deza Malone in a Hooverville. This is her story....

In the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Bud, Not Buddy, Bud met a girl named Deza Malone in a Hooverville. This is her story.   “We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But the Great Depression has hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother, and her older brother Jimmie go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Jimmie's beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and Mother find a new home, and cling to the hope that they will find Father. The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.   “Witty and moving.” —The Wall Street Journal   “The fluidity of the writing, the strong sense of place and time combined with well-drawn characters will captivate and delight. . . . a fitting literary companion to Bud Caldwell.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred   “Curtis threads important bits of African-American history throughout the narrative. . . . Some readers will feel they are due a bit of happiness; others will be struck by how little has changed in 75 years for the nation’s have-nots.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred

Theme: African Heritage

  • ISBN
    9780385734912
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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MIGHTY MISS MALONE
By: christopher curtis | Published: December 2012

"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her...

"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But it's 1936 and the Great Depression has hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother, and her older brother, Jimmie, go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Jimmie's beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and Mother find a new home, and cling to the hope that they will find Father. The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.

Theme: African Heritage

  • ISBN
    9780440422143
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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Book cover of WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963
WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963
By: christopher curtis | Published: September 1995

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after...

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Theme: African Heritage, Humour, Character Education

  • ISBN
    9780385321754
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963
By: christopher curtis | Published: September 2000

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after...

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Theme: Bullying issues, African Heritage, Character Education

  • ISBN
    9780440228004
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963
By: christopher curtis | Published: March 2020

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after...

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Theme: Diversity, African Heritage

  • ISBN
    9780440414124
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM 1963
By: christopher curtis | Published: November 2020

The Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Bud, Not Buddy, a...

The Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Bud, Not Buddy, a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott Award Winner. Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an "official juvenile delinquent." When Byron gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church is blown up. AN ALA TOP TEN BEST BOOK AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN IRA YOUNG ADULT'S CHOICE A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK NAMED TO MULTIPLE STATE AWARD LISTS "Every so often a book becomes a modern classic almost as soon as it arrives on bookshelves. That happened in the mid-'90s when Christopher Paul Curtis released his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963." --NPR

  • ISBN
    9780593306499
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
  • Category
    Intermediate Fiction
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