Journey of little Charlie by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 253869 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 7.5 6-8 Lexile: 960

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Sharecroppers - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction South Carolina - History|y1775-1865 - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Journey of little Charlie by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2018)

BTSB #: P04040 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Sharecroppers - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction South Carolina - History|y1775-1865 - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: When his sharecropper father is killed, leaving the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie makes a deal to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of fugitives.

Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it by Pinkney, Andrea Davis 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2020)

BTSB #: P08487 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Family life - Mississippi - Fiction African Americans - Mississippi - Fiction Sharecroppers - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Mississippi - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.

Sittin' up by Moses, Shelia P. 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2014)

BTSB #: 661442 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 4.5 6-8 Lexile: 740

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Community life - North Carolina - Fiction Death - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Sharecroppers - Fiction Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Race relations - Fiction North Carolina - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: When the patriarch of twelve-year-old Bean's sharecropping community dies, Bean gets a lesson in not only what it means to lose someone you love, but also in how his family and friends care for their dead.

Sittin' up by Moses, Shelia P. 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02437 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Community life - North Carolina - Fiction Death - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Sharecroppers - Fiction Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Race relations - Fiction North Carolina - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: When Mr. Bro. Wiley, Bean's adopted grandfather and the last slave man around, dies in the summer of 1940, Bean and his very best friend Pole are some kind of hurt. Everyone in the Low Meadows is. Despite their grief, they are proud and excited to be included in their very first Sittin' Up - a wake for the dead. Bean and Pole know this special week will be one to remember, especially if the coming storm has its way and riles up Ole River enough to flood the Low Meadows right in the middle of Mr. Bro. Wiley's Sittin' Up.