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Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
I listened to this book in the car to and from a writing conference for a whole week. Aside from being the perfect amount of hours, I was taken in from the start. Told in a slaggy Southern drawl that never turns into caricature, this is the story of Bud (not Buddy), a boy on a manhunt. After being passed off from an orphanage to a non-hospitable foster home, Bud leaves the civil life to live "on the land" for a while, at least until he finds his long-lost father, the bassist of a famous Southern jazz band. Bud is an amazing character, with a punky attitude and a knack for telling certain untruths (as long as its to his advantage). He does have a bit of baggage, and that's not just the suitcase he carries around with him (as for that, don't poke around inside it, he's tied it up with special knots and he'll know when you've been digging through his personal things). But though life is hard, with a depression on and no close relations to speak of, Bud's dogged determination never fails. In the end, it even brings him face-to-face with the man he's been searching for. If you were to ask me, Bud's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself should start with Rule 1: Read Bud, Not Buddy from cover to cover. You'll love it.