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Title: Bud, Not Buddy by JAMES AVERY, CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS ISBN: 0-553-52675-8 Publisher: Listening Library Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (265 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A got to read book!!!
Comment: Bud not buddy is an excellent book. I choose to read this book because it sounded like a very good book. Bud, Not Buddy was a historical fiction novel written by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book's setting takes place during the Great Depression and in many different areas in which Bud takes journeys to find his father. The book talks about his mother who died when he was very young and he has not yet ever known his father but finds out in the end that he actually meets his grandfather.
The people he meets at the end are relevant to the story because they are band members with his grandfather. I would say the themes of this book are determination, courage, and hope. No matter what life throws in Bud's way, he is always focused and determined to find his father. A surprise observation was in the end when you expected the man to be his father but in fact it was his grandfather which was a shock to me as the reader. The plot in the story kept you interested because you always wanted to know if he was going to find his father in the end. There is a lot of figurative language and vocabulary used in the story and Bud's "Rules" provided much laughter during the reading. I think the pacing and tone, as well as the sentence length and structure was appropriate for the grade level that this was set for.
I would recommend this novel to young children who may have never known one of their parents and that they should never give up hope in their search.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read!!
Comment: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is a thrilling piece of historical fiction about a 10-year-old motherless boy traveling on his own during the Great Depression. Running away from an abusive foster home, he is armed only with his "rules for survival" and his suitcase of memories.
As you travel with Bud on his journey of life, you will laugh, cry and worry with Bud. His memories of the past and his hope for finding his father in the near future provide him with the strength to press on.
This book gives you a small view of what life was like as a young African American boy alone in the Great Depression. It also provides you with a glimpse of the lives of jazz musicians during this time period.
The author paints a picture so vivid that you hear the voices, sounds, sights and smells of this period. Be prepared to become immersed in this era with Bud from start to finish. You will find yourself taking this book with you everywhere in hopes of having a minute to join Bud in his world. This is excellent reading for readers ages 10 - 100!
Rating: 5
Summary: Having a Funner Life & Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself
Comment: This Newberry Award winning novel is about a very resourceful ten-year-old boy named Bud. His mother has been dead for four years, leaving Bud to be shuffled from foster home to orphanage to foster home. Among the things his mother left are some flyers advertising about Herman E. Calloway and his band. Bud is convinced that Herman is his father, and means to get himself from Flint, Michigan to Grand Rapids to meet Herman.
Bud is an intelligent, clever child. In the four years he has been an orphan he has learned a great deal of useful information about how to survive. Bud has a number of bits of wisdom he calls "Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself." These rules are insightful, often laugh-out-loud funny, and will remind many readers of what life is like as a child. Like all people, Bud has found himself in situations where he felt the need to hide the truth, giving rise to Rule Number Three: "If you got to tell a lie, make sure it's simple and easy to remember."
Bud, Not Buddy is sprinkled with details about the Great Depression. Bud waits in food lines, spends the night in a Hooverville, learns about the formation of Unions, and hears talk all around about how hard times are. These details are presented without a great deal of explanation, which could be confusing to the young reader. However, any possible befuddlement about the setting is redeemed many times over by the sheer fun of spending time with Bud.
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