The Journey of Little Charlie

After his parents die and he is forced into a life unfitting of him, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany Cap'n Buck, a slave catcher, in pursuing fugitives who have escaped to Canada in the mid-1800s. But when faced with the true heart-wrenching realities of slavery, Little Charlie must decide if he can betray the people he's come to care for. Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis brings his trademark humor and heart to the story of a boy struggling to do right in the face of history's cruelest evils.