El Viaje del Pequeño Charlie (Other)

from amandabock

I was one of the ones who gave up immediately because of the dialect. However, I'm pleased to say that the audio version is excellent.

from Lindsay_W

My advice: Persevere through the difficult to read southern accent. Deal with the discomfort of reading words like darkies, colored, and the descriptions of shackled slaves. Come to terms with the fact that your discomfort may stem from white privilege (if, like me, you are white, because for Bla...

from lindamamak

On a journey to Canada a young boy searches for the truth as the slave ower tries to capture his runaway slaves and trys to return them to the south.

from StephLamb

The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis is an incredibly powerful middle grade novel. Set in South Carolina in 1858, this is the story of Little Charlie Bobo, son of Big Charlie Bobo, sharecropper and labourer who has recently met an untimely end thanks to a rock and an axe. When...

from sgrame

Christopher Paul Curtis (Elijah of Buxton, Madman of Piney Woods) has another great book based around the settlement of former slaves in Buxton, Canada. When Little Charlie's dad dies in a freak accident chopping down a tree, it is just the start of the family bad luck. The overseer from the Tann...