01618cam a2200361 i 4500 340544192 TxGeo 20180219120000.0 170501s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017020256 9780545156660 hbk. 0545156661 hbk. (OCoLC)985447455 TxGeo rda Curtis, Christopher Paul. The journey of little Charlie / Christopher Paul Curtis. First edition. ©2018. New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2018. 234 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing. 20180313. Children of sharecroppers South Carolina Fiction. Fugitive slaves South Carolina Fiction. African Americans South Carolina Fiction. Plantation owners South Carolina Fiction. Historical fiction. QS5