num_pages: 208
description: Buddy has a hopeless father who is an aging rocker, interested only in Elvis and bikes, and living on the fringes of the under-world. When Buddy's mum walks out, the two manage to strike up some kind of relationship - until Buddy realizes that his dad is involved in something more serious than he suspected. A moving, totally convincing account of a boy's faltering relationship with his father.
language: English
title: Buddy
titlecomplete: Buddy
genres: Read For School, Childrens, Contemporary, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, School
ratings_count: 712
series: Buddy Trilogy
publisher: Puffin