Curtis, Christopher Paul.

Bud, not Buddy / Christopher Paul Curtis. - 1st Dell Laurel-Leaf ed. - New York : Laurel-Leaf Books, 2004, c1999. - viii, 243, 18 p. ; 18 cm.

Includes a reading group discussion guide.

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.

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ISBN: 0553494104 (pbk.) : 9780553494105 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Newbery Medal
Coretta Scott King Award
Runaway children
African Americans
Depressions