{"product_id":"bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner-mass-market-paperbound","title":"Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner) - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Paul Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, \u003cb\u003erecipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.\u003cbr\u003e 2. He's the author of \u003ci\u003eBud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e 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!!!!!! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bud's 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--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] powerfully felt novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1936 Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and 10-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things; 2. He's the author of \"Bud Caldwell's 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: posters of Herman E. Calloway and his band of renown, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression. Bud is sure those posters will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road, nothing can stop him, not hunger, not fear, not would-be vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his bestselling second novel, \u003ci\u003eBud, Not Buddy\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963\u003c\/i\u003e, was also singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and has been made into a Hallmark Channel Original Movie. He is also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now a full-time writer. He lives with his family in Windsor, Ontario.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bud, Not Buddy\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53056033882336,"sku":"9780553494105","price":10.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/zpy7JGbIlW9780553494105.webp?v=1781350578","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner-mass-market-paperbound","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}