Bud, not Buddy /
Christopher Paul Curtis
- viii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Mitten Award 1999, Michigan Library Association -- Children's Services Division
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
950 Lexile Middle School
Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2000 Newbery Medal, 2000 ALA Notable Children's Book ALA Best Book for Young Adults Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2000 Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 2002-2003 Land of Enchantment Young Adult Book Award, 2003
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