{"product_id":"bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner-christopher-paul-curtis-paperback","title":"Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner) -- Christopher Paul Curtis, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\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, \u003cstrong\u003erecipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\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. 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. 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\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\n\nSchool Library Journal\n\nPublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] powerfully felt novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\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\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Christopher Paul Curtis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yearling Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\/8\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5\" H x 5.1\" L x 0.8\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780440413288\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46696376172698,"sku":"9780440413288","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/3015\/4138\/files\/9780440413288.jpg?v=1774756016","url":"https:\/\/unclejonsbookfactory.com\/products\/bud-not-buddy-newbery-medal-winner-christopher-paul-curtis-paperback","provider":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}