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Bud, Not Buddy


Thorndike Young Adult

School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

No. of pages 304

Published: 2019

Great for age 8-12 years

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A heart-warming, funny and fast-moving story set in 1930s America - past winner of the highly prestigious Newbery Medal.Bud is on a journey. He has hit the road with one idea in mind - he wants to discover his father. He's not got a lot to go on - just a flyer for a jazz band and his very own Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. Despite encounters with a car-driving vampire, a monster-infested woodshed and even a real live girl, Bud presses on towards a surprising discovery ...

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Puffin, Thorndike Young Adult .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published in 2019 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan, and grew up there. Bud, Not Buddy , his second novel, winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Award, is available in a Delacorte hardcover edition.

 

This book is in the following series:

Puffin

Thorndike Young Adult

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

The Audies - Grades 3-6
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-6 category of the The Audies.

The Audies - Ages 8-12 Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 8-12 Years category by the The Audies.

Young Reader's Choice Award - Grades 4-6
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Young Reader's Choice Award.

Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last * Publishers Weekly *