Bud, Not Buddy

Bud, Not Buddy

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author = Christopher Paul Curtis
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Historical novel, Young adult novel
publisher = Delacorte Books for Young Readers
release_date = 1999
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 245 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-385-32306-9
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"Bud, Not Buddy" is a 1999 children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is the winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award that is given in recognition of outstanding African-American authors.

Plot summary

In the Great Depression during the 1930s, 10-year-old Bud Caldwell lives in the orphanage in Flint, Michigan that has been his home since the death of his mother several years earlier. He hates the orphanage but his situation does not improve when he is sent to live with a foster family, the Amoses, who prove to be abusive. After escaping the old shed he was locked in, Bud goes back to the house and gathers his things. Bud runs away from the foster family and runs into a familiar friend, "Bugs". They both decide to go to Chicago, and encounter food and shelter at a local Hooverville. There, Bud meets his crush: Deza Malone. Bud and Bugs try to catch the train to Chicago but run into police waiting to stop them, causing Bud to be left behind. Bud decides to set off in search of his father. The journey will be difficult because he does not know who the man is. His only clue is a flyer advertising a jazz band that was left in his suitcase by Angela Janet Caldwell, Bud's mother, before her death. Bud aims for Grand Rapids, Michigan, convinced that the leader of the band, "Herman C. Calloway and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression" is the man he is looking for. During his journey, he encounters several Good Samaritans, as well as experiencing racism. The author has reported that two of the characters in the novel, Herman Calloway and Lefty Lewis, are based upon his own grandparents. Important themes in the novel are the resilience of ordinary people, particularly within the black community, in the face of the dehumanizing effects of the Depression, and the capacity of jazz to provide its musicians with community and self respect.

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