num_pages: 238
description: 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:1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!!Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road and find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.
language: German
title: Buddys Song
titlecomplete: Buddys Song
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Classics, African American, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 108480
places: Michigan, Flint, Michigan
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Children, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Teen Book, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Junior, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award
category: Older Reader Category, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award
publisher: Carlsen