Armstrong & Charlie
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2017 · Est. 6.5 hour read

Armstrong & Charlie

By Steven B. Frank

Two boys from different worlds face sixth grade's challenges, forging an unexpected bond amidst rivalry and change.

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304 pages· 59,502 words· Est. 6.5 hour read
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In 1970s Los Angeles, Charlie dreads sixth grade, fearing he'll outgrow his late brother. Armstrong faces a new school, far from home, due to integration. Seated together, their initial rivalry transforms into a friendship as they navigate racial tensions, loss, and first crushes. Can these boys from opposite worlds find common ground and redefine what it means to be brothers?

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During the pilot year of a Los Angeles school system integration program, Armstrong and Charlie learn to cope with everything from first crushes and playground politics to the loss of loved ones and racial prejudice in the 1970s.Charlie isn’t looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade, chances are he’ll finish it, and he’ll be older than his older brother ever was.Armstrong isn’t looking forward to sixth grade either. He’ll have to wake up at five-thirty to ride a bus to an all-white school in the Hollywood Hills. When they are assigned seats next to each other, what starts as a rivalry becomes a close friendship.Set in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Armstrong and Charlie is the funny and heartwarming tale of two boys. Different, yet the same.

At a glance
Format
Pages
304
Words
59,502
Reading age
10–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
630L
Themes & topics
Books about AmericaBooks about civil rights movementBooks about friendshipBooks about Black historyBooks about coming of age
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.1
F&P level
~O
AR points
8
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
187751
Publication
Published
March 7, 2017
Publisher
Clarion Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780544826083

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