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Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis (0-385-32307-7)
This book has quite a buzz around it with words like Printz and Coretta Scott King flying about. It certainly deserves it!
Luther’s mother, the Sarge, owns not only group homes but also slum housing, doing a lot of the business under the table and on the wrong side of the law. Luther runs one of her group homes and finds himself caught in her web. As Luther discovers just how trapped he is, the reader meets a cast of wonderful characters like Sparky, Luther’s best friend, and Dontay Gaddy, the sleazy lawyer. The book builds as the reader realizes how much trouble Luther is in long before he does.
This book is pure fun to read, speaking to serious issues with a broad sense of humor. Luther is an incredible character, a real teenage boy who lusts, loves, whines, sighs, and eventually learns to really live.