Curtis, Christopher Paul,

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.

9780440413288

2020289152


1929


Runaways--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
African Americans.
Depressions.


Fiction.
Juvenile works.

PZ7.C94137 / Bu 2019

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