Name: Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis
Brand: Christopher Paul Curtis
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n nThe 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. n n 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: n n 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. n 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. n 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 n n 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. n nBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: nThe New York Times nSchool Library Journal nPublishers Weekly n n A] powerfully felt novel. --The New York Times n n Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last. --Publishers Weekly, Starred n n 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 n nn