Bucking the Sarge
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Like many 15-year-olds, Luther Farrell of Flint, Michigan, can’t wait to grow... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Humor
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2004
Word Count 66,051
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1000L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 80633
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- People with mental disabilities
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Fraud--Fiction
- Flint (Mich.)
- Fraud
- People with mental disabilities--Fiction
- Mothers
- Business enterprises
- Group homes
- Flint (Mich.)--Fiction
- Business enterprises--Fiction
- Mothers--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Group homes--Fiction
- African Americans
- Lists With This Book
- CCS-Novels Available in the English 6-12
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2020
Fiction Winner, 2005

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
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