Description: The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression Bud's got an ide Book and Mortar Record Store Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner) -- Christopher Paul Curtis 10.48 The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times School Library Journal Publishers Weekly " A] powerfully felt novel." --The New York Times "Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last." --Publishers Weekly, Starred "Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again." --Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred Author: Christopher Paul Curtis Publisher: Yearling Books Published: 01/08/2002 Pages: 288 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.42lbs Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.80d ISBN: 9780440413288 Audience: Ages 9-12 Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Winner Review Citation(s): PW Notes and Reprints 01/07/2002 pg. 66 Booksense '76 Childrens Spr 02 04/01/2002 pg. 1 Publishers Weekly 01/07/2002 About the Author Christopher Paul Curtis is the author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963.
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Label: Yearling
Artist: Curtis, Christopher Paul
Album: Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner)
Book Title: Bud, Not Buddy : (Newbery Medal Winner)
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2002
Topic: Family / Parents, Historical / United States / 20th Century, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Boys & Men, People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Runaways
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 6.7 Oz
Item Length: 7.6 in
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
