Bud, not Buddy /
Christopher Paul Curtis.
- viii, 245 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, September 1999. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2000. Five Owls, November 1999. Book Links (A.L.A.), June 2003. Pub Weekly, August 1999. Christian Library, November 2004.
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.
5.0. 5-8. 950L Lexile. U Fountas.
Newbery Medal/Honor, 2000. Coretta Scott King Award, 2000.