Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Genre: Historical Fiction
Subgenre: Adventrous
Theme: When one door closes, another door opens
Primary Characters: Bud, Mr. Herman E. Calloway, Angela Janet Caldwell, Todd Amos, Deza Malone, Lefty Lewis, Miss Grace Thomas, the band members
Secondary Characters: Bugs, Lefty Lewis’ daughter and her children, Miss Hill, Jerry Clark
Awards: Newberry and Coretta Scott King
Date of Publication: 1999
Publishing Company: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Summary of the book: This book is about a young boy named Bud (not Buddy) Caldwell, who has been an orphan since he was six. He decides to runaway after being abused in a foster home. He sets out to find his father, a man named Herman E. Calloway. His father was a bandleader in Michigan during the Depression. He has many adventures along the way and learns many lessons he can take with him in his life.
How can the book be used with students in the classroom: This would be a great book to teach a lesson on diversity. Because it talks about how life was for an African American boy in the mid-1930’s. I could also use it in a History lesson.
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