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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. AGES: 10 to 12 AUTHOR: Steven Frank is the author of The Pen Commandments (Pantheon/Anchor Books), a guide to writing that Booklist called ""funny, inspiring, personal, moving, and often hilarious."" His middle grade short fiction and plays have appeared Weekly Reader's Writing and Read Magazines. He is also a beloved middle school teacher at Le Lycee Francais of Los Angeles, where his students often intentionally misbehave because he punishes them with fun writing assignments.

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...will have readers cheering. -Bulletin * Unforgettable, well-drawn titular characters are the heart of this deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny story about family, friendship, integrity, and navigating differences. - Kirkus, STARRED review This uplifting and touching exploration of friendship, with a vivid setting, is a solid addition to most middle school libraries. -School Library Journal Armstrong and Charlie is one of those distinctly American books that speaks to us of who we are. It warns us of those forces that divide us, and celebrates the strength of those who can overcome them. Armstrong and Charlie are real kids, and their friendship is a real friendship, and their conflicts are real, and their courageous solutions are real as well. This novel is an exultation of hope--and a dang good story to boot. - Gary Schmidt, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars and Okay for Now

.. .will have readers cheering. -Bulletin * Unforgettable, well-drawn titular characters are the heart of this deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny story about family, friendship, integrity, and navigating differences. - Kirkus, STARRED review This uplifting and touching exploration of friendship, with a vivid setting, is a solid addition to most middle school libraries. -School Library Journal Armstrong and Charlie is one of those distinctly American books that speaks to us of who we are. It warns us of those forces that divide us, and celebrates the strength of those who can overcome them. Armstrong and Charlie are real kids, and their friendship is a real friendship, and their conflicts are real, and their courageous solutions are real as well. This novel is an exultation of hope--and a dang good story to boot. - Gary Schmidt, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars and Okay for Now

...will have readers cheering. -Bulletin * Unforgettable, well-drawn titular characters are the heart of this deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny story about family, friendship, integrity, and navigating differences. - Kirkus, STARRED review This uplifting and touching exploration of friendship, with a vivid setting, is a solid addition to most middle school libraries. -School Library Journal Armstrong and Charlie is one of those distinctly American books that speaks to us of who we are. It warns us of those forces that divide us, and celebrates the strength of those who can overcome them. Armstrong and Charlie are real kids, and their friendship is a real friendship, and their conflicts are real, and their courageous solutions are real as well. This novel is an exultation of hope--and a dang good story to boot. - Gary Schmidt, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars and Okay for Now

.. .will have readers cheering. -Bulletin* Unforgettable, well-drawn titular characters are the heart of this deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny story about family, friendship, integrity, and navigating differences. - Kirkus, STARRED review This uplifting and touching exploration of friendship, with a vivid setting, is a solid addition to most middle school libraries. -School Library JournalArmstrong and Charlie is one of those distinctly American books that speaks to us of who we are. It warns us of those forces that divide us, and celebrates the strength of those who can overcome them. Armstrong and Charlie are real kids, and their friendship is a real friendship, and their conflicts are real, and their courageous solutions are real as well. This novel is an exultation of hope--and a dang good story to boot. - Gary Schmidt, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars and Okay for Now

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Steven B. Frank is the author of The Pen Commandments: A Guide for the Beginning Writer. He teaches middle school at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles and lives in Laurel Canyon, California. Armstrong and Charlie was inspired by his own sixth grade year at Wonderland Avenue Elementary.

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