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| • | Bud, Not Buddy is a children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is the winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature, as well as the Coretta Scott King award that is given in recognition of outstanding African-American authors.
In the midst of the Great Depression, 10-year-old Bud Caldwell lives in the orphanage that has been his home since the death of his mother several years earlier. His situation doesn't improve when he is sent to live with a foster family who prove to be abusive.
Bud decides to set off in search of his father. The journey will be difficult because he doesn't know who the man is. His only clue is a flyer advertising a jazz band that was left in his suitcase by his mother before her death. Bud aims for Grand Rapids, Michigan, convinced that the leader of the band Herman E. Calloway and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression is the man he's looking for.
During his journey, he encounters several Good Samaritans, as well as experiencing as hatred and racism.
Newbery Medal winners (book)
Source: [wikipedia: bud, not buddy]
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