Bucking the Sarge

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Bucking the Sarge (2004), a modern-day fairy tale set in a poor urban neighbourhood, is narrated by a teenaged boy whose mother, a selfish slumlord, is called “the Sarge.” Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money (2005) details the adventures of Steven Carter, an overachieving seven-year-old who aspires…
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