Overview
Finalista del National Book Award
El ganador de la Medalla Newbery aporta humor y sensibilidad a esta historia sobre un niño de la época de la Guerra Civil que lucha por hacer lo correcto frente a los males más crueles de la historia.
Charlie, un niño de doce años, no pasa por su mejor momento: su padre, un aparcero, acaba de morir, y el temible Cap’n Buck —el hombre más temido de Possum Moan, Carolina del Sur— ha venido a cobrar una deuda. Temiendo por su vida, Charlie hace un trato con Cap’n Buck y accede a buscar a unas personas acusadas de robarle al capitán y a su jefe. No parece un mal acuerdo para Charlie... hasta que se encuentra cara a cara con los fugitivos y descubre quiénes son en realidad. Dividido entre su conciencia y su instinto de supervivencia, Charlie deberá decidir qué hacer, y pronto. Es solo cuestión de tiempo antes de que Cap’n Buck descubra la verdad.
“Una historia tan cruda como cautivadora para lectores de mediana edad, contada con un profundo sentido de empatía. Little Charlie es producto de su crianza en el Sur, pero en las hábiles manos de Curtis descubre que el mundo no es como él creía... Christopher Paul Curtis vuelve a brillar.” —Historical Novel Society
“Una incorporación viva y compleja, muy en el estilo característico de Curtis, a la ficción histórica ambientada en esa época.” —Kirkus Reviews
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A National Book Award Finalist
The Newberry Medalist brings humor and heart to this story of a Civil War–era boy struggling to do right in the face of history's cruelest evils.
Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died, and Cap'n Buck—the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina—has come to collect a debt. Fearing for his life, Charlie strikes a deal with Cap'n Buck and agrees to track down some folks accused of stealing from the cap'n and his boss. It's not too bad of a bargain for Charlie . . . until he comes face-to-face with the fugitives and discovers their true identities. Torn between his guilty conscience and his survival instinct, Charlie needs to figure out his next move—and soon. It's only a matter of time before Cap'n Buck catches on.
"This is a compelling and ugly story for middle-grade readers told with genuine care. Little Charlie is a product of his Southern upbringing, yet in Curtis's skillful hands he learns the world is not as he'd thought . . . Christopher Paul Curtis does it again." —Historical Novel Society
"A characteristically lively and complex addition to the historical fiction of the era from Curtis." —Kirkus Reviews
El ganador de la Medalla Newbery aporta humor y sensibilidad a esta historia sobre un niño de la época de la Guerra Civil que lucha por hacer lo correcto frente a los males más crueles de la historia.
Charlie, un niño de doce años, no pasa por su mejor momento: su padre, un aparcero, acaba de morir, y el temible Cap’n Buck —el hombre más temido de Possum Moan, Carolina del Sur— ha venido a cobrar una deuda. Temiendo por su vida, Charlie hace un trato con Cap’n Buck y accede a buscar a unas personas acusadas de robarle al capitán y a su jefe. No parece un mal acuerdo para Charlie... hasta que se encuentra cara a cara con los fugitivos y descubre quiénes son en realidad. Dividido entre su conciencia y su instinto de supervivencia, Charlie deberá decidir qué hacer, y pronto. Es solo cuestión de tiempo antes de que Cap’n Buck descubra la verdad.
“Una historia tan cruda como cautivadora para lectores de mediana edad, contada con un profundo sentido de empatía. Little Charlie es producto de su crianza en el Sur, pero en las hábiles manos de Curtis descubre que el mundo no es como él creía... Christopher Paul Curtis vuelve a brillar.” —Historical Novel Society
“Una incorporación viva y compleja, muy en el estilo característico de Curtis, a la ficción histórica ambientada en esa época.” —Kirkus Reviews
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A National Book Award Finalist
The Newberry Medalist brings humor and heart to this story of a Civil War–era boy struggling to do right in the face of history's cruelest evils.
Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died, and Cap'n Buck—the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina—has come to collect a debt. Fearing for his life, Charlie strikes a deal with Cap'n Buck and agrees to track down some folks accused of stealing from the cap'n and his boss. It's not too bad of a bargain for Charlie . . . until he comes face-to-face with the fugitives and discovers their true identities. Torn between his guilty conscience and his survival instinct, Charlie needs to figure out his next move—and soon. It's only a matter of time before Cap'n Buck catches on.
"This is a compelling and ugly story for middle-grade readers told with genuine care. Little Charlie is a product of his Southern upbringing, yet in Curtis's skillful hands he learns the world is not as he'd thought . . . Christopher Paul Curtis does it again." —Historical Novel Society
"A characteristically lively and complex addition to the historical fiction of the era from Curtis." —Kirkus Reviews
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