Bud, Not Buddy

Description:

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: 1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things. 2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road and find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.Bud, Not Buddy is full of laugh-out-loud humor and wonderful characters, hitting the high notes of jazz and sounding the deeper tones of the Great Depression. Once again Christopher Paul Curtis, author of the award-winning novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, takes readers on a heartwarming and unforgettable journey.From the Hardcover edition.

subjects: Noirs américains,  Depressions,  Littérature de jeunesse anglaise,  Coretta Scott King Award,  History,  Fiction,  Runaways,  Juvenile fiction,  Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Crises économiques,  African Americans,  Runaway children,  Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction,  African Americans -- Juvenile fiction,  Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction,  Great Depression, 1929-1939,  Historical,  Boys & Men,  African American,  People & Places,  20th Century,  Reading Level-Grade 3,  Reading Level-Grade 5,  Reading Level-Grade 4,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 6,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Orphans,  Jazz,  Ficción juvenil,  Afronorteamericanos,  Crisis económicas,  Huérfanos,  Spanish language materials,  Prófugos,  Newbery Medal,  Large type books,  Children's fiction,  Runaways, fiction,  Depressions, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Michigan, fiction,  Fathers and sons, fiction,  Novela juvenil,  Personas desaparecidas,  Novela,  Depresiones,  Drama,  Fathers, fiction,  Musicians,  African American jazz musicians,  award:Newbery_award,  lexile:950,  lexile_range:901-1000,  age:min:10,  age:max:11,  grade:min:5,  grade:max:6,  American literature

Places: Michigan

Times: 1929,  20th century,  1877-1964