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📖 Best for: Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11) · Grades 6–8 (ages 11–14)
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Christopher Paul Curtis writes funny, moving novels of African American history. Bud, Not Buddy (1999), about an orphan searching for his father in Depression-era Michigan, won the Newbery Medal.
New to Christopher Paul Curtis? Start with Bud, Not Buddy.
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Christopher Paul Curtis writes funny, moving novels of African American history. Bud, Not Buddy (1999), about an orphan searching for his father in Depression-era Michigan, won the Newbery Medal.
Bud, Not Buddy is a great place to start; other favourites include The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, Elijah of Buxton.
Christopher Paul Curtis’s books are best for grades 3–5 (ages 8–11) · grades 6–8 (ages 11–14).
Christopher Paul Curtis’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download. You can borrow them free: from your public library (search WorldCat), as ebooks and audiobooks with a library card through Libby/OverDrive, or from Open Library’s free lending. Pagine links to each below, and suggests similar books you can read free right now.
Search WorldCat to see which libraries near you have a copy, or ask your school or public library. Most libraries also lend Christopher Paul Curtis ebooks and audiobooks free through the Libby app.