Bud, Not Buddy

Contributor(s): Curtis, Christopher Paul (Author)

ISBN: 9780385323062

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Hardcover

$17.99

Pub Date: September 7, 1999

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 99010614

Lexile Code: 0950

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 10 to UP

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 8.30" L x 5.80" W ( 0.90 lbs) 288 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000029554 ( Bud, Not Buddy)

Reading level: 5.00

Interest level: MG

Point value: 8.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: 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, Herman E. Calloway.

Review Quotes: AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK
AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER
NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS

"The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed." --The Christian Science Monitor

"Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again." --Voice of Youth Advocates, starred review

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