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Bud, Not Buddy By Christopher Paul Curtis
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (1991)
• APA Citation: o Curtis, C. P. (1991). Bud, Not Buddy. New York, NY: Delacore Press.
• Guided Reading Level-T Lexile Measure-950L Grade Level Equivalent-5.0
• Summary of Novel:
Bud, Not Buddy is about a ten year old orphan who is growing up in Michigan in
1936 during the Great Depression. Bud’s mother passed away when he was six years old, leaving him in the hands of an orphanage. The book starts with Bud being placed in a foster home, with foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Amos, and their son Todd. Unfortunately Todd ends up bullying Bud and Bud ends up running away. When he runs away he brings along some of the possessions that his mother left him when she passed away (things such as: a bag

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