{"product_id":"books-bud-not-buddy-by-christopher-paul-curtis","title":"Bud, Not Buddy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963\u003c\/i\u003e, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\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: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.\u003cbr\u003e 2. He's the author of \u003ci\u003eBud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e.\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       \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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAN ALA BEST BOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS\u003cbr\u003e AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOK\u003cbr\u003eAN IRA CHILDREN'S BOK AWARD WINER\u003cbr\u003e NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed. --\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \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. --\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480405205265,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780553494105.jpg?v=1777547118","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/books-bud-not-buddy-by-christopher-paul-curtis","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}