Bud, Not Buddy

Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul

Interest age: from c 9 years

Published on 6 June 2019 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A Puffin Book' series.

A heart-warming, funny and fast-moving story set in 1930s America - past winner of the highly prestigious Newbery Medal.

Bud is on a journey. He has hit the road with one idea in mind - he wants to discover his father. He's not got a lot to go on - just a flyer for a jazz band and his very own Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. Despite encounters with a car-driving vampire, a monster-infested woodshed and even a real live girl, Bud presses on towards a surprising discovery ...