Writing a good book is something every author strives for. There are basic guidelines to writing a good book, that every author should follow. These guidelines are the book should have a meaning, it should be entertaining, and the author should express the meaning of the book in many different ways and it should not be hard to find what it is. Christopher Paul Curtis successfully executed all of these guidelines in his book, Bucking the Sarge. The book had a deeper meaning in which he expressed. This book is easy to connect with because I can relate to it. He also kept the book interesting and that made it a “good read.” Bucking the Sarge has a deeper meaning. It is about African-Americans growing up during the Civil Rights era. Instead of