{"id":50744,"date":"2025-02-03T08:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T08:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T08:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T08:04:04","slug":"bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father\u2014from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King\u2013Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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It\u2019s 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud\u2019s got a few things going for him:<\/p>\n

1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.
2. He\u2019s the author of Bud Caldwell\u2019s 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 advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!!
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Bud\u2019s got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him\u2014not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.
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BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:
The New York Times
School Library Journal
Publishers Weekly
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\u201c[A] powerfully felt novel.\u201d \u2014The New York Times
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\u201cWill keep readers engrossed from first page to last.\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly, Starred
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\u201cCurtis 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.\u201d \u2014Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred

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Publisher \u200f : \u200e Yearling; Trade Paperback Edition (January 8, 2002)
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Paperback \u200f : \u200e 288 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 0440413281
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0440413288
Reading age \u200f : \u200e 10 – 11 years, from customers
Lexile measure \u200f : \u200e 950L
Grade level \u200f : \u200e 5 – 6
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 6.4 ounces
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 5.19 x 0.67 x 7.56 inches <\/p>\n

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Customers find the story compelling and heartwarming. They describe it as a great book for kids aged 10 or so, perfect for upper elementary students. The humor is described as funny and makes them laugh out loud. The book prompts good questions and discussion about life and social issues. Readers appreciate the well-developed characters and the author’s insight into their lives. Some find the ending very sad and realistic, making them cry. Overall, customers consider it a great value and a perfect purchase.<\/span><\/p>\n

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