u003cpu003eu003cbu003eThe 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 u003ciu003eThe Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963u003c/iu003e, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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:u003cbru003eu003cbru003e 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.u003cbru003e 2. He’s the author of u003ciu003eBud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourselfu003c/iu003e.u003cbru003e 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!!!!!!u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: u003cbru003eu003ciu003eThe New York Timesu003cbru003eSchool Library Journalu003cbru003ePublishers Weeklyu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e “[A] powerfully felt novel.” —u003ciu003eThe New York Timesu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e “Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.” —u003ciu003ePublishers Weeklyu003c/iu003e, Starredu003cbru003e u003cbru003e “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.” —u003ciu003eVoice of Youth Advocatesu003c/iu003e, Starredu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003e
