Bucking the Sarge
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Humor
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2004
Word Count 66,051
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1000L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 80633, 10.0 AR Points
- 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
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2005
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2021
Fiction Winner, 2005
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
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