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Armstrong and Charlie
Contributor(s): Frank, Steven B. (Author)
ISBN: 1328941663     ISBN-13: 9781328941664
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 630
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Friendship
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Black History
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 187751
Reading Level: 4.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
During the pilot year of a Los Angeles school system integration program, Armstrong and Charlie learn to cope with everything from first crushes and playground politics to the loss of loved ones and racial prejudice in the 1970s.

Charlie isn't looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade, chances are he'll finish it, and he'll be older than his older brother ever was. Armstrong isn't looking forward to sixth grade either. He'll have to wake up at five thirty to ride a bus to an all-white school in the Hollywood Hills. When they are assigned seats next to each other, what starts as a rivalry becomes a close friendship.

Set in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Armstrong and Charlie is the hilarious, heartwarming tale of two boys from opposite worlds. Different, yet the same.


Contributor Bio(s): Frank, Steven B.: - Steven Frank is the author of The Pen Commandments, a guide to writing that Booklist called "funny, inspiring, personal, moving, and often hilarious." His middle grade short fiction and plays have appeared Weekly Reader's Writing and Read Magazines. He is also a beloved middle school teacher at Le Lycee Francais of Los Angeles, where his students often intentionally misbehave because he punishes them with fun writing assignments.
www.stevenbfrank.com
Twitter @stevenbfrank