num_pages: 245
description: Bud, Not Buddy is the story of ten-year-old Bud Caldwell, an orphan living in Flint, Michigan in 1936 during the Great Depression.
language: English
title: Bud, Not Buddy
titlecomplete: Bud, Not Buddy
genres: Classics, Historical, Childrens, African American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 108485
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: Scholastic Inc