Bud, Not Buddy

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Summary: Bud Is Everyone's Buddy
Review: This book takes place in Michigan during the great depression. It is about a young orphane named Bud. Bud's mother died and he has never met his father. The only belongings he has is a suitcase filled with a few personal items. He is convinced that he will find his father, Herman E. Calloway. This is a story of Bud learning and experiencing life, while searching for his long lost father.
This was a great book. I enjoyed reading every minute of it. The beginning of the book really draws the reader in. It has a major question, which motivates the reader to keep reading. It is easy to understand because there is a constant flow of language through out the book. This book was also very realistic which made the story more believable.
This book would be great to use in the classroom. One topic that comes from this book is the great depression. This story discusses hoovervilles and different socio-economic classes. It also deals with race issues during this time period. This book focuses on the different types of families and how peopele treated each other in time of need.

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Summary: Read. Learn. Enjoy
Review: This book was truly one of the best books that I have ever read. Even if you absolutly HATE to read you'll be able to enjoy it. The way that it's written makes you feel as if your watching a movie or something. That's why I highly recomend this book to anyone. Here's an excerpt from the first page: "Here we go again. We were all standing in line waiting for breakfast when one of the case-workers came in and tap tap tapped down the line.Uh-oh this meant bad news, either they'd found a foster home or somebody was about to get paddeled. All the kids watched the woman as she moved along the line, her high-heeled shoes sounded like fire crackers going off on the wooden floor. Shoot! she stopped at me and said, "Are you Buddy Caldwell?" Pretty exciting huh- and the whole entire book is full of it!

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Summary: Bud, Not Buddy
Review: In 1936, during the depression, 10-year-old orphan Bud Caldwell has set out to do an amazing feat, find his father. His mother never told him his father's name, but she left him a few clues. With his suitcase full of special things, and his rules for life, Bud is determined to find this mystery man.
This book is easy for readers to relate to, and Bud is depicted as a real child, facing real problems. After finding out Bud is searching for his father, the reader is drawn in and searching along with him. The reader is able to sympathize with Bud and understand what he is thinking, feeling and planning. The author also does an excellent job capturing the lingo of 1930's Flint, Michigan, and this gives the reader an authentic depiction of the times.
I would recommend this book to all students. The ideas intertwined with the story have mature themes, but younger students can appreciate its adventurous nature. Students who like reading and relating to children their own age, childhood adventures, or would like to know more about homelessness or the depression will enjoy this book. The universal themes in this story make it an excellent literature selection for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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Summary: Bud, not Buddy
Review: Bud has a mission: to find his biological father. His only clues are flyers his mother left behind after her death. The flyers are advertisements of a band, Herman E. Calloway and The Dusky Devastators of the Depression. Bud is convinced that his father was one of the men pictured on the flyer. After his mother's death, Bud gets bounced around form an orphanage to many different foster families. The unjust treatment he receives from the Amos family, his last foster family, is what prompts him to try to find his father. As he makes his way across country during desperate times, he meets incredible people whose lives are effected by the Depression. The major dramatic question of the missing father fueled my interest. The understatement of hard times the Depression caused are depicted in the need for food received at the Salvation Army and the homeless communities formed along the railways. This book is one of the best books I have ever read. It dealt with a time period in history that really interests me, as well as the musical theme that was intertwined throughout the book. It also has a suprise ending that takes the cake!

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Summary: A Lived-Through Experience
Review: The hardships of living through the Great Depression are clearly portrayed in Bud, Not Buddy. Bud, not Buddy, Caldwell has been tossed around from orphanages to foster homes and back again since he was very young. Wanting to finally meet his father, Bud sets out on a mission to find this man. Herman E. Calloway, Bud's supposed father lives all the way in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a long distance from Flint (or so he thinks) where he lives now. So, how does Bud make it to Grand Rapids? Find out how his cunning ways (Bud Caldwell's Rules And Things to Have a Funner Life and Make a Better Liar Out of Yourself) lead him to many exciting adventures and maybe eventually his father.

With a very interesting and catchy storyline, this book will enlighten your knowledge as well as catch your attention. Christopher Paul Curtis provides a real lived-through experience. The realistic dialog of Bud and the other characters also brings the reader in. Curtis makes the reader feel as though he/she was really living through the Depression.

Bud, Not Buddy is such an enjoyable, and amusing story! Curtis has attracted a variety of readers for this story, from adventurous, historical fiction, and even to the nonfiction informational reader. It is an amazing story that I would encourage all to read.

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Summary: Bud , Not Buddy
Review: The story Bud, Not Buddy takes place in the early 1900's. Bud, not Buddy Caldwell is living in a home when, "one door closes and another opens." Bud and a friend of his (Bugs) decide they will ride the rails together to the west. Again, something happens where that door closes and another opens. Bud takes his own path with some help from a new friend to find out about a flyer that made his mother so angry.
I had to read several books for my professional semester in school. This book was one of my favorites by far. I like the idea of a family not being perfect. So many families in today's society are not what people would call "normal". The story being told by Bud himself really pulls the reader into the book. He gives the reader an idea of what he's going through with each situation. In a sence the reader becomes Bud.
This book could be utilized in a unit on the Great Depression. It could also be recommended to male students who do not have a "traditional" family.

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Summary: This book will be your best Buddy.....
Review: Bud had a mission, to find his biological father. His only clues were flyers his mother left behind after her death. The flyers were advertisements of a band, Herman E. Calloway and The Dusky Devastators of the Depression. Bud was convinced that his father was one of the men pictured on the flyer. After his mother's death, Bud was bounced around from an orphanage to many different foster families. The unjust treatment from the Amos family, his last foster family, was what prompted him to leave to try to find his father. As he maked his way across the country during desperate times, he met incredible people whose lives were also effected by the Depression of the 1930's. The major dramatic question, which was who was Bud's father, propelled me deeper into the book after every chapter. The understatement of hard times of the Depression was conveyed by the descriptions of waiting for food in the food lines at the Salvation Army. I couldn't have liked this book any more than I already do. It dealt with a time period in history that interests me. Any teacher can tie this book into a social studies theme on the history of the Depression. It would interest those who are musically inclined because it revolved around the members of a band. This was definitely one of my interests in the book. The suspense kept me interested and would also hold the interest of any 9-12 year old. The surprise ending was a perfect twist.

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Summary: Excellent book for all ages
Review: I'm an avid reader and the mother of a ten-year-old boy. My son likes to read, but seemed unenthusiastic about this book -- he says it looked "too serious". First I read it myself (had nothing to read one night!) and loved it. Then, he and I read it together aloud over the course of several nights (reading it together was the only way he'd give it a first chance!). He absolutely loved it and says "it's the kind of book you want to read two or three times, like Harry Potter" -- he started on it for himself the night after we finished it together. Not only is it a well-reviewed, award winning book -- it's a winner in every respect.

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Summary: Buddy
Review: I loved this book. I liked the grammar used by Curtis. It gives you a great appreciation for who Buddy really is and where he comes from. This is a wonderful adventure/journey story that takes you throught the life of an ordinary boy trying to find what he is looking for. It makes you appreciate the things you have in your life. It gives you a new perspective of things left unsaid.

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Summary: This is the funniest book ever !!!!
Review: At the beginning of the book Bud's friend Bug's gets a cockroach stuck in his ear. And then Bud gets adopted and a kid sticks a Ticonderoga pencil up Bud's nose all the way to the "R". And Bud meets a vampire and the vampire gives him a bolonga and cheese sandwich but Bud dosn't like mustard but he was hungry and ate it anyways. And the vampire gave him a bottle of red pop.