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Bud, Not Buddy

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James Avery
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Ratings
Book
93
Narrator
26
Release Date
July 5, 2000
Duration
5 hours 15 minutes
Summary
Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
 
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:

1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.
2. He’s the author of Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.
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!!!!!!
 
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.

“[A] powerfully felt novel.” —The New York Times
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Profile Avatar Mallory T Nov 2017

It's boring. It's ok it's not that interesting especially for my little one...????

Profile Avatar Lyndsey B May 2017

I LOVED reading this book with my students, and I thought this narrator was absolutely wonderful! He read with expression, and his voice fit the character and setting very well. The addition of music to some sections and the narrator's realistic singing, crying, and laughing was fantastic!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Dec 2024

best book ever I love it

Profile Avatar Christina H. Nov 2024

It was well done. Everything fit together at the end. Jack - 12 years old.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Apr 2023

I love this book I remember reading it in 5th grade I had to find it so I can read it again

Profile Avatar Anonymous Oct 2022

a truly great book! bud, the voice actor is a little bland for bud, other than that i love it+

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2022

Amazing character development, highly entertaining....I love it and my students always begged for more time! 5th grade History

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2022

This is the best historical fiction! Young readers love it and adults can’t put it down!!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Nov 2021

pretty great book! its amazing I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK ahhhh !!

Profile Avatar Alicia G. Dec 2020

Great book. My nine year old enjoyed listening to this each day. Perfect voice and expression!

Profile Avatar Diane J Nov 2017

My students LOVED it!

Profile Avatar Nelly Navarro-Britt Oct 2016

A good story, and great narration. I especially liked the afterward by the author explaining the true parts of the story.

Bud, Not Buddy

Bud, Not Buddy

Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Read by: James Avery
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