Bud, Not Buddy (Readers Circle (Laurel-Leaf)) | 
|  | | | Title: | Bud, Not Buddy (Readers Circle (Laurel-Leaf)) | | Author: | Christopher Paul Curtis | | Publisher: | Laurel Leaf | | Type: | Book / Mass Market Paperback | | Publication Date: | 14 September, 2004 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0553494104 / 9780553494105 | | List Price: | $6.99 | | Amazon Price: | $6.99 | |
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It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan, and when 10-year-old Bud decides to hit the road to find his father, nothing can stop him.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Amazon.com Review
"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could." So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not Buddy"--Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and Hoovervilles in 1930s Michigan. And the idea that's planted itself in his head is that Herman E. Calloway, standup-bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father. Guided only by a flier for one of Calloway's shows--a small, blue poster that had mysteriously upset his mother shortly before she died--Bud sets off to track down his supposed dad, a man he's never laid eyes on. And, being 10, Bud-not-Buddy gets into all sorts of trouble along the way, barely escaping a monster-infested woodshed, stealing a vampire's car, and even getting tricked into "busting slob with a real live girl." Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, once again exhibits his skill for capturing the language and feel of an era and creates an authentic, touching, often hilarious voice in little Bud. (Ages 8 to 12) --Paul Hughes
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Customer Reviews:
• Bud, Not Buddy 28 April, 2008
My 3rd grade class really enjoyed listening to this story. The adventures of Bud, while many times being funny, touch my students and help them to see what another 8 year old in a past era had to endure. Great story line.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1ZTPX8ZGU3SLR
• Yay For Bud! 05 October, 2008
Welcome to the world of the heyday of jazz. The year is 1936, and the world is open to a young orphan who has happened to find himself on the run.
Curtis writes with zesty personality for Bud and paints a portrait of a very likeable young boy who simply wants what all of us want: a family. He's a great kid with plenty of sass who is ready to take on the world and do what he needs to do to find himself his biological father.
Curtis does an excellent job of painting the culture, joys, and hardships of this time period even as they are combined with Bud's wild imagination.
Plenty of fun and heart, even for adults.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AOTMP0OKJOUWI
• A Great Read For The Stranger In The Room 29 July, 2008
Being born decades after the Depression, in the South, to a middle-class white family, I'm about as far remvoed from Bud, not Buddy as one can be, yet I felt right at home with Bud.
I found his overall attitude and persistence interesting. He never in the book said, "I give up", instead he continued to his goal no matter how far away or far fetched it seemed to be, and when he got to his goal it didn't seem as far fetched as I thought it was.
This is a great book for all readers, I enjoyed reading it, I found it to be right on par with the other Newbery books I've read in terms of story, delicate issues, and the like.
I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because I didn't like the ending. I was left wanting more, and while there is some closure it wasn't closed enough for me. I wish Curtis had put 2 more chapters in the book to describe what happened after the news broke.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AC1U7PPQJKA9D
• Bud, Not Buddy 29 September, 2008
I would just like to say that this book was wonderful. Loved it. Would love to read more from the author. Very good job Curtis
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3A74GQLLS5A5X
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