The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott Ruler Award-winning classic in regards to a boy who decides to hit the street to find his father-from Christopher Paul Curtis, writer of The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.

It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Moments may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud could be a motherless guy on the run, but Bud’s got a couple of things going for him:

1. He offers his personal suitcase filled with special things.

2. He’s the writer of Bud Caldwell’s Guidelines about Bud, Not really Buddy and Points for Having a Funner Life and Making an improved Liar Out of Yourself.

3. His momma by no means told him who his dad was, but she still left a clue: flyers marketing Herman E. Calloway and his popular music group, the Dusky Devastators from the Depression!!!!!!

Bud’s got a concept that those flyers can business lead him to his dad. Once he decides going to the street to discover this mystery guy, nothing can end him-not hunger, not really fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.

AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR ADULTS

AN ALA Well known CHILDREN’S BOOK

AN IRA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD WINNER

NAMED TO 14 Condition AWARD LISTS

“The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not only the young people to whom it is aimed.” -The Christian Technology Monitor

“Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.” -Web publishers Weekly, Starred

“Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the audience by the center and never let us go . . This strongly suggested title [is definitely] at the top of the set of books to become read again and again.” -Tone of voice of Youngsters Advocates, Starred