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 Bud, not Buddy
 Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul

 Publisher:  Delacorte Press (1999)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 245 p., ill., 21 cm.

 BTSB No: 253843 ISBN: 9780385323062
 Ages: 9-12 Grades: 4-7

 Subjects:
 Runaway children -- Fiction
 African Americans -- Fiction
 Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- Fiction

Price: $7.37

Summary:
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.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.00
   Points: 8.0   Quiz: 29554
Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 3-5
   Reading Level: 5.20
   Points: 12.0   Quiz: 20757

Awards:
 Newbery Medal, 2000
Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2000

Reviews:
   School Library Journal (+) (00/09/99)
   Booklist (09/01/99)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/11/99)
 The Hornbook (00/11/99)

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