Bud, Not Buddy -- Christopher Paul Curtis

<p><b>Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of <i>The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963</i>, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.</b> <p/> 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: <p/> 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.<br> 2. He's the author of <i>Bud Caldwell's Rules</i> and <i>Things for Having a Funner Life</i> and <i>Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.</i><br> 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 <p/> 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. <p/> " A] powerfully felt novel." --<i>The New York Times</i><br> <p/></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Christopher Paul Curtis<br><b>Publisher:</b> Delacorte Press<br><b>Published:</b> 09/07/1999<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.90lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780385323062<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 8<br><b>Interest Leve