This highly rmended title at the top of the list of books to be read again and again. Publishers Weekly, Starred Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. The New York Times Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last. BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times School Library Journal Publishers Weekly powerfully felt novel. 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 and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Buds got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Hes the author of Bud Caldwells Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. He has his own suitcase full of special things. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Buds got a few things going for him: 1. Book Synopsis The 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, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. Bud escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father-the renowned band leader, H.E. About the Book In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, ten-year-old Bud is a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
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