{"product_id":"bud-not-buddy-9780385323062-new","title":"Bud, Not Buddy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963\u003c\/i\u003e, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.\u003cbr\u003e 2. He's the author of \u003ci\u003eBud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS\u003cbr\u003e AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK\u003cbr\u003e AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER\u003cbr\u003e NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.\" --\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Delacorte Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52742678446240,"sku":"9780385323062-new","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/518mN9OEnxL.jpg?v=1756259704","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/bud-not-buddy-9780385323062-new","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}