Bud, Not Buddy is a 1999 children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is the winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award that is given in recognition of outstanding African-American authors.
In 1936, during the Great Depression, 10-year-old Bud Caldwell lives in the orphanage in Flint, Michigan that has been his home since his mother died when he was six. He h...
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Bud, Not Buddy is a 1999 children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is the winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award that is given in recognition of outstanding African-American authors.
In 1936, during the Great Depression, 10-year-old Bud Caldwell lives in the orphanage in Flint, Michigan that has been his home since his mother died when he was six. He hates the orphanage but his situation does not improve when he is sent to live with a foster family, the Amoses, who prove to be abusive. Todd Amos, the Amoses' twelve year old son, shoves a pencil up Bud's nose and accuses him of bed wetting, which Mrs. Amos despises. To punish him, the Amoses lock Bud up in a shed, where he experiences a night full of childhood terror. Eventually, Bud escapes the shed and goes back to the house to gather his things. Before he leaves, Bud causes Todd to wet his bed to get even. He first tried his hand in warm...
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