Bud, Not Buddy
by Curtis, Christopher Paul
RunawaySLJ Best BookPublishers Weekly Best BookYoung Reader's Choice Award/NomineeGolden Kite Award/Honor BookCoretta Scott King Award/HonorsNewbery MedalALA Notable/Best Books
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AR Book Level
5.0
AR Points
8
Word Count
52,179
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
241672 EN
About this book
Ten-year-old Bud is a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression. He 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.
