Bud, Not Buddy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bud, Not Buddy write by Christopher Paul Curtis. This book was released on 2015-01-31. Bud, Not Buddy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. 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 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 hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him—not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS “The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed.” —The Christian Science Monitor “Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.” —Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred From the Hardcover edition.
The Mighty Miss Malone
The Mighty Miss Malone - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mighty Miss Malone write by Christopher Paul Curtis. This book was released on 2013-03-12. The Mighty Miss Malone available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But it's 1936 and the Great Depression has hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother, and her older brother, Jimmie, go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Jimmie's beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and Mother find a new home, and cling to the hope that they will find Father. The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.
Bud, Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bud, Not Buddy write by Lisa Kurkov. This book was released on 2021-01-04. Bud, Not Buddy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. BUD, NOT BUDDY: This nonfiction companion to Christopher Paul Curtis's novel Bud, Not Buddy explores what life was like during the Great Depression, particularly in the African American community. A CLOSER LOOK: Find out more about jazz, unions, Hoovervilles, and Pullman porters––all elements of life in Flint, Michigan, during the 1930s. NONFICTION COMPANIONS: This series of 48-page books takes popular, grade-appropriate fiction titles and provides a more in-depth understanding of them. Also includes a glossary and before- and after-reading activities for home or the classroom! BENEFITS: Students will love to take a closer look at books that are already familiar to them, reading about the histories, author backgrounds, and real-life facts surrounding books they know and love! WHY ROURKE: Since 1980, we’ve been committed to bringing out the best non-fiction books to help you bring out the best in your young learners. Our carefully crafted topics encourage all students who are "learning to read" and "reading to learn"!
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis write by Anita Yeoman. This book was released on 2006. The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold)
Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold) write by Pam Muñoz Ryan. This book was released on 2012-10-01. Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive author treatment and new cover art by Raul Colon.Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, and her status at school as "nobody special." But according to Gram, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. And with Gram and her little brother, Owen, Naomi's life at Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho in California is happy and peaceful...until their mother reappears after seven years of being gone, stirring up all sorts of questions and challenging Naomi to discover and proclaim who she really is.
