Bud, Not Buddy

Bud, Not Buddy

By
Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis
1999 • 289 pages

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Average rating3.9

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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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historical fiction for me, it's 85% of the time entertaining. and this one was no different. at times it was a little bit slow but the funny times made up for it. this one was so good.

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Great book. Total tearjerker by the end.

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A very sweet story, perhaps too tidy an ending but well done nevertheless.

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