Bud, Not Buddy

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Label

Bud, Not Buddy

Statement of responsibility

Christopher Paul Curtis

Creator

• trueCurtis, Christopher Paul
• Curtis, Christopher Paul

Subject

• trueAfrican American fiction
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• trueAfrican American boys
• trueAfrican American fathers and sons
• trueAfrican American foster children
• trueAfrican American mother and son
• African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• trueClassics
• trueDepression era (1929-1941) -- 1929 -- 1941
• Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueDepressions -- 1929-1941
• trueFlint, Michigan
• trueHistorical fiction
• Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMichigan
• trueMother-separated boys
• Newbery Medal
• trueQuests
• trueRunaway children
• Runaways -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTen-year-old boys -- Michigan
• trueVoyages and travels

Genre

• trueClassics
• Juvenile fiction
• trueAfrican American fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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

Storyline

• trueOwn voices
• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing

Award

• Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2000.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 2002.
• International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Older Readers, 2000.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), Young Adult category, 2003.
• Mitten Award (Michigan), 1999.
• Nene Award (Hawaii), 2002.
• Newbery Medal, 2000.
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 1999
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 6-8, 2001.
• Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2002.
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) for Sixth-Eighth Grade, 2002.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 2002.
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2000
• School Library Journal Best Books, 1999.

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• RGL 4-6
• GRL T
• 950

Intended audience source

• reading grade level
• guided reading level
• Lexile

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

950

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Study program name

A Star Reading List book.

Target audience

juvenile