Bud, Not Buddy

Author: Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud (like a plant, not short for Buddy, as he tells everyone) is a motherless boy on the run. He’s determined to find his father but doesn’t know where to start. The only clue he has is a bunch of flyers about Herman E Calloway and his jazz band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression…..Read More

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