Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Contemporary Realistic Fiction


This Coretta Scott King Award Winning Book is set during the Great Depression and is about Bud, a ten-year-old child living in Hoovervilles in Michigan. He sets out on a journey to find the man he believes to be his father, getting in trouble every so often. This book could be perfect for extension activities about poverty or the Great Depression, and is ideally set for middle school-aged students. Curtis, Christopher. (2004). Bud, Not Buddy. Laurel Leaf.

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