| Author | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Title | Bud, Not Buddy |
| Illustrator | N/A |
| Readability Score | 5 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Subgenre | Realistic |
| Theme | Children can learn what life was like for African American children without parents during the Great Depression. |
| Primary and Secondary Characters | Primary: Bud Secondary: The Amoses, Deza Malone, Bugs, Mr. Lewis, Herman E. Calloway, Members of the band |
| Award(s) and Date of Publication | Newberry Medal and Coretta Scott King Award/1999 |
| Publishing Company | Dell Yearling |
| ISBN Number | 0-440-41328-1 |
| Summary | This story is about an orphan whose mother died when he was six. He spend the past four years in and out of foster care and the Home. He decided after a series of unpleasant events to find his father with the only clues his mother left him stuck inside his old suitcase. |
| Description of how you would use the book | I would use this book to teach story elements. I would also use this book in a text set when studying about the Great Depression. |
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