{"product_id":"bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner","title":"Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner)","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFirst Dell Laurel-Leaf edition September 2004.--T.p. verso.;Includes questions for discussion.;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.;Newbery Medal, 2000;Booksellers' Choice, 2000;Coretta Scott King Award, 2000;Parents' Choice Award (Fall), 1999;Blackboard Book of the Year Awards, 2000;Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his bestselling second novel, \n\u003ci\u003eBud, Not Buddy\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963\u003c\/i\u003e, was also singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and has been made into a Hallmark Channel Original Movie. He is also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now a full-time writer. He lives with his family in Windsor, Ontario.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 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, \u003cb\u003erecipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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: \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. \n\u003cbr\u003e 2. He's the author of \n\u003ci\u003eBud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003cbr\u003e 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!!!!!! \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] powerfully felt novel.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Curtis, Christopher Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurel Leaf Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2004-09-14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Juvenile Fiction|Action \u0026amp; Adventure|Juvenile Fiction|Social Themes|Runaways|Juvenile Fiction|Family|Parents|Juvenile Fiction|Boys \u0026amp; Men|Juvenile Fiction|African American \u0026amp; Black|General|Juvenile Fiction|Historical|United States - 20th Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553494105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780553494105\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Leaf Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154006278422,"sku":"SP-9780553494105","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780553494105_spiral.png?v=1774930084","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}