Bud, Not Buddy - by Christopher Paul Curtis (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After his mother's death in 1936, 10-year-old Bud can't squelch a yearning to find out his father's identity. Bud has a hunch from clues his mother left--posters of Herman E. Calloway and his band. The fearless fellow takes off on a journey to find his father and himself. The latest release from Newbery Honor winner Christopher Paul Curtis promises to be a warm adventure.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>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 <i>The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963</i>, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.</b> <p/> 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: <p/> 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.<br> 2. He's the author of <i>Bud Caldwell's Rules</i> and <i>Things for Having a Funner Life</i> and <i>Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.</i><br> 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!!!!!! <p/> 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. <p/> "[A] powerfully felt novel." --<i>The New York Times</i><br> <p/></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS<br> AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK<br> AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER<br> NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS</b> <p/> "The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed." --<i>The Christian Science Monitor</i> <p/> "Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/> "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." --<i>Voice of Youth Advocates</i>, starred review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Christopher Paul Curtis is the author of <b>The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963</b>, one of the most highly acclaimed first novels for young readers in recent years. It was singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and has been a bestseller in hardcover and paperback. <p/>Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Flint Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. Today he is a full-time writer.
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