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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
Gut Instinct Rating: 3
Characters: 3.5
Believability: 3
Uniqueness: 5
Writing Style: 5
Excitement Factor: 2.5
Story Line: 4.25
Title Relevance: 5
Artwork Relevance: 5
Overall: 4.03
Characters: 3.5
Believability: 3
Uniqueness: 5
Writing Style: 5
Excitement Factor: 2.5
Story Line: 4.25
Title Relevance: 5
Artwork Relevance: 5
Overall: 4.03
I wouldn't categorize Bud, Not Buddy as an adventure book. At first, that disappointed me because I'm all for thrill, danger, and chase. At the end of the book, I knew that any of those things would have ruined it. The plot is simple--a boy runs away from foster care to find his father. The characters feel real. Bud, especially, because his voice never changes. Furthermore, Curtis manages to include historical events and culture without beating me over the head with a history lesson or central theme. Despite that, I doubt I'll read it again because, like I said, it's not my type of story. But who knows? You might be different. You might love it.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
In a surprise twist no one saw coming I had to read this for class. I really liked this book but idk it was really hard to get the motivation to read it sometimes. I always found myself procrastinating picking it up and then when I would pick it up I would read like 2 pages and then go do something else. I think this was due in part because I have been reading so many books for class recently and I've been reading them at such a fast pace that I'm honestly just getting burnt out reading. So while I still really enjoyed this book and had such a good time reading it, I think that one day I might revisit this story when I don't have a time crunch and feel pressure to read it so that maybe I can enjoy it even more than this first read.
I plan on teaching with this book in the next month or so. The book does a great job of giving insight into what life was like during the Great Depression. It also provides a heartwarming story.
Bud is a 10-year-old orphan, living in an orphanage in Flint, Michigan in 1936. At the beginning of the story the "Home" directress places him in a foster home where he is immediately bullied by the 12-year-old son of his foster family. After being accused by his foster parents of attacking their son and thrown into their shed, he escapes their house and starts looking for a way to find the man he believes to be his father. Bud's mom died when he was only six years old, and to be able to survive as an orphan, he became an accomplished liar and went as far as writing his own book called "Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself". This book of guidelines helped him, as a child, an orphan and an African American, to survive the harsh 1930's racist US society. During his quest, he will find himself in many strange situations and meet many interesting people, but will eventually find his happy ending.
I really enjoyed reading this story. It's filled with different kinds of emotions, but is, at the same time, very light-hearted and humorous. It also won Newbery Medal Award in 2010.
Fun Fact: The two prominent characters in the story, Lefty Lewis and Herman E. Calloway, are based on the author's grandfathers, Earl "Lefty" Lewis and Herman E. Curtis.
I really enjoyed reading this story. It's filled with different kinds of emotions, but is, at the same time, very light-hearted and humorous. It also won Newbery Medal Award in 2010.
Fun Fact: The two prominent characters in the story, Lefty Lewis and Herman E. Calloway, are based on the author's grandfathers, Earl "Lefty" Lewis and Herman E. Curtis.
Love this author! This was a great audiobook, loved the narrator! Laugh out loud funny and the historical notes at the end were great.