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Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

289 pages

About this book

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.

Themes
Heartfelt & EmotionalHopepunkMysteriousThought-ProvokingResilience in AdversityThe Search for IdentityThe Power of FamilyHope in Hardship
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