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Bud, Not Buddy
Contributor(s): Curtis, Christopher Paul (Author)

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ISBN: 0385323069     ISBN-13: 9780385323062
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1999
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Annotation: 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 filled with his own important, secret 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 of 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 and find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.
Bud, Not Buddy is full of laugh-out-loud humor and wonderful characters, hitting the high notes of jazz and sounding the deeper tones of the Great Depression. Once again Christopher Paul Curtis, author of the award-winning novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, takes readers on a heartwarming and unforgettable journey.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 99010614
Age Level: 10-UP
Grade Level: 5-UP
Lexile Measure: 950(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" L (0.90 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Michigan
- Topical - Family
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Awards: Blackboard Book of the Year Awards, Winner, Children's, 2000
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2002
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Winner, Grades 6-8, 2001
Maine Student Book Award, Second Place, Grades 4-8, 2001
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Winner, Children's, 2001
Grand Canyon Reader Award, Winner, Teen, 2002
Nene Award, Winner, Children's Fiction, 2002
Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Honor Book, Children's Book, 2001
William Allen White Childens Book Award, Winner, Grades 6-8, 2002
Land of Enchantment Book Award, Winner, Young Adult, 2002
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, Honor Book, Young Readers, 2002
Newbery Medal, Winner, Children's, 2000
Book Sense Book of the Year Award, Nominee, Children's, 2000
Bluebonnet Awards, Nominee, Children's, 2002
Bookseller's Choice, Winner, Middle Readers, 2000
Coretta Scott King Award, Winner, Author, 2000
Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Winner, Gold, 1999
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2002
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2002
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/09/1999 pg. 352
School Library Journal 09/01/1999 pg. 221
Booklist 09/01/1999 pg. 131
Time 10/04/1999 pg. 108
New York Times 11/21/1999 pg. 32
Time 01/31/2000 pg. 68
New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 100
Ebony 04/01/2000 pg. 20
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2000 pg. 1340
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 77 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1474
Black Issues Book Review 09/01/2000 pg. 78
Publishers Weekly 01/01/2001 pg. 57
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 77 - Superior,Well Above Average
Library Journal 12/01/1999
Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 29554
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey 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.

" A] powerfully felt novel." --The New York Times

 
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