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3.85 AVERAGE
A cute read! The audiobook even offered some music! I remember my middle son reading this one when he was in school. Set in the depression era…Bud’s mom died and he is in the old time version of foster care. Enjoyed his 10 year old take on life!
I really liked the character of Bud, and I found all of the setting and background fascinating. I didn't realize that even in the thirties, African Americans could not own property in some towns in Michigan. The textbooks have done a good job of making it seem as if racism and inequality was mostly a Southern thing. The fact is that it was prevalent throughout the US (and still is alive today).
I used to like thisa book a little. But after being forced to read it 2 times:I started to hate it.
Very on-brand for me, so I'm surprised I hadn't read it earlier! Though it did come out after I was the target age. My 7yo heard parts of it, and I know I'll be purchasing a copy to read with him.
The audiobook was very well done, and I burst out laughing on multiple occasions. At first, the music seemed really randomly inserted, but since I was driving while listening, I may have just not heard the build-up.
The audiobook was very well done, and I burst out laughing on multiple occasions. At first, the music seemed really randomly inserted, but since I was driving while listening, I may have just not heard the build-up.
Cute book. Wanted to read it prior to assigning it for book study.
Oh my goodness how did I not find this book sooner? It was absolutely precious and I can’t wait to share it with my boys!
A new read to me and highly descriptive, through the eyes of a young black boy whose mother has died, and he's on his way to find his father. Enjoyable and endearing.
Bud, Not Buddy has a collection of clues: A handful of flyers and a bag full of rocks, that his mother left him. Without any knowledge of why these items are import, Bud, Not Buddy, is determined to discover their meaning – and his intuition tells him they will lead him to his father!
Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery Medal winner 2000), from author, Christopher Paul Curtis, is the emotional story of Bud (named so after a flower – and informed by his mother that he should never let anyone call him Buddy!), who after his mother’s death, is put in an orphanage and subsequent foster care. After being locked in a barn by his foster parents, Bud escapes to begin his quest for his father. What he finds will surprise him, but it’s the family he is searching for, nonetheless.
I adored this story. Bud is a kid you want to wrap your arms around and bundle him up to care for at home. His search to find his father is full of accounts that no child should endure, but somehow, he finds a way. Your heart aches at the trials and difficulties he faces, but it is a testament that it truly takes a village.
This was the losing selection for our February mother/daughter book club – I’m so glad I decided to read it anyway. Understandably an award winner!
Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery Medal winner 2000), from author, Christopher Paul Curtis, is the emotional story of Bud (named so after a flower – and informed by his mother that he should never let anyone call him Buddy!), who after his mother’s death, is put in an orphanage and subsequent foster care. After being locked in a barn by his foster parents, Bud escapes to begin his quest for his father. What he finds will surprise him, but it’s the family he is searching for, nonetheless.
I adored this story. Bud is a kid you want to wrap your arms around and bundle him up to care for at home. His search to find his father is full of accounts that no child should endure, but somehow, he finds a way. Your heart aches at the trials and difficulties he faces, but it is a testament that it truly takes a village.
This was the losing selection for our February mother/daughter book club – I’m so glad I decided to read it anyway. Understandably an award winner!