Ten-year-old Bud escapes from a miserable foster home during the Great Depression and searches for the man he believes to be his father. This Newbery Winner is sure to delight your middle school students with its humor and make them feel empathy towards the protagonist, who refuses to be called Buddy. As stated by a reviewer for Publishers Weekly, "Bud’s journey, punctuated by Dickensian twists in plot and enlivened by a host of memorable personalities, will keep readers engrossed from first page to last."
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