Bud, Not Buddy

About This Book

Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell has been in and out of foster homes since his mother died, and he carries a suitcase full of rules for surviving, a few precious photographs, and a dream that a jazz musician named Herman E. Calloway might be his father. Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Medal novel set during the Great Depression is funny, sharp, and suffused with the healing power of music and found family.