Bud, not Buddy

Resource Information

The work Bud, not Buddy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Bud, not Buddy

Statement of responsibility

Christopher Paul Curtis

Creator

• trueCurtis, Christopher Paul

Subject

• trueTen-year-old boys -- Michigan
• trueTen-year-old boys
• Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRunaway children
• trueQuests
• trueNorth American people
• trueNewbery Medal
• trueMother-separated boys
• trueMichigan
• trueAfrican American boys
• trueAfrican American fathers and sons
• trueAfrican American foster children
• trueAfrican American mother and son
• African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• trueAmerican people
• trueCanadian people
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueDepressions -- 1929-1941
• trueFlint, Michigan
• trueDepressions, 1929-1941
• trueVoyages and travels

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

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--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven
• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing

Character

• trueBlack
• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2000.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 2002.
• International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Older Readers, 2000.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), Young Adult category, 2003.
• Mitten Award (Michigan), 1999.
• Nene Award (Hawaii), 2002.
• Newbery Medal, 2000.
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 1999
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 6-8, 2001.
• Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2002.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 1999.
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) for Sixth-Eighth Grade, 2002.
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2000
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 2002.

Awards note

• Newbery Medal, 2000.
• Coretta Scott King Award, Author, 2000.

Cataloging source

MvI

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• RL5.0 AR
• 950

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

• MG
• 3-5

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Reading level

• 5.0
• 5.2

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader AR
• Reading Counts RC

Target audience

pre adolescent