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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this book as an adult reader. I'm not sure I fully appreciated the style in which this book was written as a younger reader. While there are certainly parts of this book that seem a bit unrealistic, I also think it does a good job introducing younger readers to the realities of the Great Depression for Black children and adults. This is a great addition to any classroom library for upper elementary and middle grade reader!
Loved this book!
Great librarian story
Depression
Jazz musicians
5th Grade
Great librarian story
Depression
Jazz musicians
5th Grade
This my favorite middle reader book of all time. You will fall in love with Bud Caldwell on this adventure to find his real family. The setting is during the Great Depression in Flint and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bud is on the lam from the orphanage and the terrible foster family, the Amoses. This book will make you laugh and cry. And you can learn life lessons from Bud too.
It was good in that I couldn't put it down and had to figure out what was going to happen to Bud. I wish there had been a little more closure in the end. I felt like there was some pieces if closure, but there were still some loose ends.
This book had me pulling for Bud the whole way. What a story about struggle and perseverance and a whole lot of situations that I've been fortunate to not find myself in. I really enjoyed the personalities and interactions of the band as well!
I found this book on the Black History Month table at my library and I'm using it for the "Award-Winning Book" category in the 2019 BYL Reading Challenge.
I found this book on the Black History Month table at my library and I'm using it for the "Award-Winning Book" category in the 2019 BYL Reading Challenge.
We enjoyed listening to this book. It is sad, but good.
A wonderful Newbery, although it was a slow-starter but picked right up.
This book is lovely. It's got adventure and is a little tough in terms of the hardships this young boy is dealing with, but the writing is just perfect. It's set during the depression and deals with background issues of poverty, racism and classism in a subtle, effective way, but is mostly about dealing with loss and and how to keep building your life in the face of that loss.
I read this in like 5th grade and I really loved it. I don't have it anymore but I know when I was little it was a favorite.