Bud, not Buddy /
Christopher Paul Curtis.
- 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"A Yearling book." "Special anniversary edition"--Cover. "With an introduction by Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medalist." --Cover. Includes a foreword by Christopher Paul Curtis. Includes a Readers Guide and a conversation with the author.
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Newbery Medal, 2000. Coretta Scott King Award, 2000.