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Curtis, Christopher Paul

Bucking the Sarge

259 pp. | Random/Lamb | September, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-385-32307-7 $15.95 | Library ISBN 0-385-90159-3 $17.99
(2) YA Curtis's latest novel is set in Flint, Michigan; his protagonist, Luther T. Farrell, is fifteen going on thirty. Luther must deal with the moral bankruptcy of his mother, an unscrupulous loan shark, slumlord, and scam artist known as the Sarge. Luther is a vintage Curtis hero, with a keen eye for human inconsistencies, a self-deprecating sense of humor, and a genuine inner sweetness.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2004

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