The Legend of Buddy Bush
Coretta Scott King Award Honors
School year: Year 10, Year 8, Year 9No. of pages 224
Published: 2013
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is part of a book series called Coretta Scott King Award Honors .
This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.
There are 224 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster .
Poet, author, playwright, and producer Shelia P. Moses was raised the ninth of ten children on Rehobeth Road in Rich Square, North Carolina. She is the coauthor of Dick Gregory's memoir, Callus on My Soul, as well as the award-winning author of several books for young readers: The Legend of Buddy Bush; The Return of Buddy Bush; I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott; and The Baptism. Shelia lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
National Book Award
This book was recognised by the National Book Award.
Coretta Scott King Award - Author
This book was recognised in the Author category by the Coretta Scott King Award. Presented annually since 1970 by the American Library Association to books by African-America authors and illustrators, this award recognizes excellence in promoting a deeper understanding of the African-American Experience.
"The Legend of Buddy Bush is wonderfully engaging." -- Morgan Freeman, actor director, producer
"Moses captures the hard emotions of one memorable summer that resonates with family love, humor, unbridled prejudice, and loss." -- Angela Johnson, Coretta Scott King Award and Printz Award-winning author of The First Part Last and Heaven
"No one has written a story like this since Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer!" -- Dick Gregory, activist, comedian, actor
"The Legend of Buddy Bush is a must read. I could smell the dirt as I read this wonderful novel." -- Sheila Frazier, Black Entertainment Television
"An important story and...a labor of love." * Kirkus Reviews *
"Shelia Moses, a poet and producer, as well as co-author of Dick Gregory's, A Callus on My Soul, gives the character of Pattie Mae a singular warmth and humor." * BookPage *