Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery Medal Winner, 2000)

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Summary: The Slippery Slope
Review: This is a series of books about the three Baudelaire children, whose name are Klaus, Sunny, and Violet. They are rich orphans and stalking Count Olaf. Count Olaf is an evil man trying to get the Baudelaire fortune. This book leaves off from the ninth book in the series. At the end of the ninth book Count Olaf had kidnapped Sunny and had left Klaus and Violet up in the Mortain Mountains. In this story the Baudelaires are trying to escape from Count Olaf and his troupes, find their sister, and try to find one of their parents. They have to dodge a runaway caravan and try to get up a slippery slope filled with chunks of ice. Violet and Klaus meet Quigley Quagmire who is an orphan just like them and helps them through the Mortain Mountains to find their sister. In the end, oh yeah sorry you will have to read the book to figure out what happens. One thing I will tell you is has one remarkable ending.
My favorite quote of the book was when Esme, who is Olaf's girlfriend called the two Baudelaires"idiotic liars" for thinking that they were hogging the cigarettes. Actually the things that she thought were cigarettes were Verdant flammable Devices. They are green sticks that make a lot of smoke when people light them, so people could communicate up in the mountains. This was my favorite quote because Esme thought the devices were cigarettes, so that proved she was dumb.
This was such a great book that I would lend it to anyone who knew how to read. I would even lend this book to a 6-year-old kid who barely knows how to read. But if he is a person who doesn't understand big words or tough words I don't think he would get the concept of this book. I defintely think this book was in my top 10 best books. The only problem I thought was wrong with this book is that I thought it added some extra details that didn't have to go in the book.

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Summary: looking for dad
Review: The main character is of course Bud. He is a ten year old black boy who lives in an orphanage that he calls the home. When Bud was six his mother died. Before she died she gave him a post card with a man on it playing the bass fiddle. Bud thinks that this person is his dad.
Bud gets to go live with some fosterparents. Their name is the Amoses. They are mean people they lock him up in a shed with some hornets that bite him. Bud runs away and gets aride with a guy named Lefty Lewis. There he finds out that Herman E. Calloway the guy he thought was his dad is his relative but not his father. later he joins Herman's band and gets a saxophone. he lives with the band after wards. THE END

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Summary: Bud Not Buddy
Review: Man, what a good book!Bud, Not Buddy tells the story of a "wiry, not skinny' 10 year old black orphan, Bud (not Buddy) Caldwell in Michigan in the 1930s, the midst of the Great Depression. When his orphanage 'the Home' put him in an abusive foster home, after one night Bud goes 'on the lam' with his friend Bugs, from Flint to the city of Grand Rapids to find the man he believes is his father, due to his deceased mother's actions while she was alive his father was, but she left a clue: posters of Herman E. Calloway and his band of renown, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression.Bud-not-Buddy gets into all sorts of trouble along the way, barely escaping a monster-infested woodshed, stealing a vampire's car, and even getting tricked into "busting slob with a real live girl.When he finally meets his father,things dont turn out to well.

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Summary: wonderful
Review: when i first saw this book and my teacher made me read it i thought it would be HORRIBLE but now i know I WAS WWRRRRRROOOONGGG!!

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Summary: a wonderful book!!!
Review: This was possibly the best book I've ever read. Bud is a funny character who you'll cheer for throughout the book.

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Summary: Iman's Review
Review: Man, what a good book! This story is about an orphan boy living in various parts of Michigan. The boy, Bud Caldwell, makes sure EVERYONE knows that his name is Bud, Not Buddy. In the book, Bud travels to try and find who he thinks is his father, Herman E. Calloway. He is the leader of a famous band called the Dusky Devastators of the Depression. He has many experiences on his trip, and when he finally meets his father, things don't turn out the way he expects them to. I reccomend this book to ages 9-12 because it is a long book for younger readers, and there are lots of words that they probably don't know what it means. Go out and buy this book today!!!

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Summary: Michael Stevenson
Review: The novel is an exciting adventure that you go on through the entire book. I like how he can take care of himself. Bud was brave when trying to find his father. The Great Depression was a sad time for a lot of people in the USA. The economic system went down. Segregation was still going on in the 1930's. The author explains on how Bud had a difficult time growing up. Bud lost his mother and his favorite librarian has moved. At the foster home Bud was having trouble with the family that was supposed to be taking care of him. Bud didnt know anyone else to turn to. Bud went to Grand Rapids to try and find his missing father. Christopher Paul Curtis introduced his two grandfathers in the book. He showed how they got gigs. They had to put other peoples names, so they wouldnt back out of the deal. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure and suspense.
The author had to learn a lot about his grand parents before he wrote the book. He thought that Herman E. Calloway and Lefty Lewis reminded him of his grand parents.
Bud had went somewhere were people were having the same problems. Hooverville looked out for Bud and his friend Bugs. They have food and they shared with them. They also had shelter and they let them stay there before they tried to leave.

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Summary: Buddy review
Review: 1.The book was about a kid who looking for his dad.
At the end the kid thought that his grandpa was his father.
2.I kind of liked the book because this kid is looking for his father, but he never does find him. Instead,he find his mom's dad.
3.I recomend this book to people that like to read about someone looking for someone or something and at the end they don't necessarily ind what they are looking for but rather find something else.

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Summary: Bud not Budddy
Review: This book is about a boy named Bud Caldwell. He is a 10 year old orphan. He lived with his mother until she died and he never saw his father. After his mother died Bud Caldwell was brought to a foster home. He took with him a suitcase with things that were important to him they were rocks with writing on them, 5 flyers, a blanket, and pictures of his mother. Bud's was very upset about these flyers and because of this Bud thinks that the man who is on all of them (Herman E Calloway) is his father.

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Summary: A must read book
Review: Bud was at the home waiting for breakfast bud hated there but litle did he know that he was going to get adopted today by an wealthy family .He said that he didn't wantd to get adopted by a wealthy family that he rather be adopted by a very poor family like himself. If you want to know more i suggest you go and get the book at the public library or buiy it its a really reat book i give this book five stars