Charlie Pippin

by Candy Dawson Boyd

Book Overview

Chartreuse Charlie Pippin just can't seem to keep out of trouble. At school, she finds herself at odds with the principal when her entrepreneurial skills lead her to break the rules. At home, her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140325875
• ISBN13: 9780140325874
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

What Culture Researchers are all About!

Who Culture Researchers are all About! The original name of my book is Charlie Pippin. It is about a studious, young business woman who likes to set up shops at school. She also has an urge to learn about culture. See this story takes place in the time of Vietnam, and the communism that was going on in that time of war and suffering. Some of the main characters in the story are Charlie, some of her classmates in the peace committee which I will tell you about in the summary in the story. In the beginning of the story Charlie is talking about the war and what is going on at her school. She said, "That they had pins and apparel about the war such as pins that said "Welcome home Vietnam Vets", and No more Vietnams." The thing is Charlie wanted to understand was more about the war and the definition and different types of communism. She wanted to know all about it. Early in the book Charlie learns that she will be doing a cultural report since the times were so fitting with the war and everything. She thinks, "This is the perfect time to see what war, and communism was all about. Charlie thought that the person to interview was her father. Now her father was a very reserved and quiet type of guy. Charlie knows that her father is angry about someone or something. So bewildered by her fathers anger Charlie tries to figure out more about him but it is difficult. In the middle of the book Charlie is very interested and fascinated about this new report that she learned she had to do. So she had started researching and figured out that 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers had died in the war, and over half of a million had died. This was a shock to her, but it made her even more eager to learn about the war and communism. So she asked her Grandma to take her to the University of California in Berkeley. Charlie had arranged for her Grandma to talk about what had been going on in the war and how it affected her and her family's lives. So when they get there Charlie's Grandmother is able to talk about the war and Charlie is getting very interested, but Charlie's Grandmother has to stop because her daughter is getting squirmy. So Charlie is mad at the fact that her Grandmother was getting to the good part about the report and then she has to stop. Then Charlie decides to walk around on campus and she meets this guy. Now this guy had overheard the conversation between Charlie and her Grandmother and was very interested to tell her more about the topic of the war. So from then on this man out of the random crowd starts to talk about the war. He talks about how It is a difficult time, and how it affects the world and the people around it. In the end Charlie gets so interested in the war and what it did to the world. That she decides to start a peace committee. Now this Peace Committee is made up of various classmates from Charlie's classroom. This peace committee was for everything. It would support the war and the soldiers, and it also would take a stand and create ways

A Good Book!

Nice reviews, September 6th person. Hello, We'd like to hear a little bit about the plot here. When books were passed out in our school, I chose this one. I like historical fiction and the Vietnam War was something I didn't know that much about. I ended up reading in about a day and a half. It was not only really good as far as the war went it really had a believable story line. If and when you are studying Vietnam this book is NOT to be missed. Charlie is a great heroine as she struggles to find out secrets about her uptight and extremely strict father. Neither her Grandparents or family will tell her anything. Her father and uncle both fought and won't talk about it. Her report for school helps her understand what happened but not how it killed her father's dreams. Now my other friends are asking to have this book next. Way to go Candy Dawson Boyd!!!!