Bud, Not Buddy Graphic Novel

Bud, Not Buddy Graphic Novel

(A Graphic Novel)

Grades 3–7
Ages 8–12

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning beloved classic is now a full-color graphic novel. Meet Bud, a plucky young boy who decides to hit the road to find his father in this irrisistibly illustrated graphic novel with humor, tenderness, and comic panels and art on every page.

It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but he’s got a few things going for him:

1. He has his own suitcase full of special 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 advertising 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 run off to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him—not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.

Adapted and illustrated by Micheline Hess, this heartfelt graphic novel brings the original award-winning story to the page in a vibrant and engaging new way.

ISBN 9780593648063 (Hardcover)
Published on Apr 13, 2027
Published by Random House Graphic
Pages 352
Dimensions 5-1/2 x 8
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 720L | Fountas/Pinnell: U

ISBN 9780593648070 (Paperback)
Published on Apr 13, 2027
Published by Random House Graphic
Pages 352
Dimensions 5-1/2 x 8
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 720L | Fountas/Pinnell: U

ISBN 9780593648087 (Hardcover Library Binding)
Published on Apr 13, 2027
Published by Random House Graphic
Pages 352
Dimensions 5-1/2 x 8
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 720L | Fountas/Pinnell: U

ISBN 9780593648094 (Ebook)
Published on Apr 13, 2027
Published by Random House Graphic
Pages 352
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 720L | Fountas/Pinnell: U

ISBN 9798217420834 (Audiobook Download)
Published on Apr 13, 2027
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 720L | Fountas/Pinnell: U

Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher Paul Curtis won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his bestselling second novel, Bud, Not Buddy. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, was also singled out for many awards, and has been a bestseller in hardcover and paperback. His most recent novels for Random House include The Mighty Miss Malone, Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission, Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money, and Bucking the Sarge.
Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now a full-time writer, and lives with his family in Windsor, Ontario.

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