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African Americans Fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Depressions 1929 Fiction Family life Fiction Flint (Mich.) Fiction Flint (Mich.) History 20th century Fiction Flint (Mich.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Gary (Ind.) History 20th century Fiction Gary (Ind.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Poverty FictionCurtis, Christopher Paul
Summary: The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC CURRonan, Kelsey
Summary: "When we meet August "Gus" Molloy on the opening pages of CHEVY IN THE HOLE he's just overdosed at the Detroit restaurant where he works. Shortly after, he packs it in and returns home to his family for another shot at sobriety. There, he meets and fallsquickly in love with Monae Livingston, an urban farmer trying to coax a tenuous rebirth from the damaged land. As Gus and Monae begin dreaming...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction RonanCurtis, Christopher Paul.
Summary: The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1995
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CURCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CURCurtis, Christopher Paul.
Summary: With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio/Listening Library 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD CURCurtis, Christopher Paul.
Summary: Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION CurtisCurtis, Christopher Paul.
Summary: Deza is praised by the teachers at her school in Gary, Indiana. However, the Great Depression has taken its toll, and when her father leaves to find work, Deza and her family end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Deza's brother soon leaves the camp to earn a living as a performer, while Deza and her mother are forced to fend for themselves.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC CURCurtis, Christopher Paul.
Summary: With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2012