Curtis, Christopher Paul.

Bud, not Buddy / Christopher Paul Curtis. - New York : Delacorte Press, [2002], c1999. - viii, 245 p. : ill ; 20 cm. - Yearling Newbery . - Yearling Newbery. .

"Yearling books"--T.p. verso.

Newbery Medal/Honor. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Book Links (A.L.A.), June 2003. Christian Library, November 2004. Five Owls, November 1999. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2000. Pub Weekly, August 1999. School Library Journal starred, September 1999. Wilson's Children, June 2001. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005.

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.

5.6. 5.6 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

Coretta Scott King Award, 2000. Newbery Medal/Honor, 2000.

0329272322 0440413281 (pbk.) 1404618848 9780329272326 9780440413288 9781404618848


African Americans--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Great Depression, 1929-1939--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Runaway children--Fiction.


Michigan--Fiction.
Michigan--Fiction.

PZ7.C94137 / Bu 2002

[Fic]