ABOUT THIS BOOK

It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan, and when 10-year-old Bud decides to hit the road to find his father, nothing can stop him.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christopher Paul Curtis is the author of the Newbery Honor–winning The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963.


AWARDS

WINNER 2000 - Coretta Scott King Author Honor
WINNER 2000 - ALA Best Books for Young Adults
WINNER 2000 - ALA Notable Children's Book
WINNER 2000 - Newbery Medal Winner
WINNER 2000 - Hawaii Nene Award
WINNER 2002 - Kansas William White Award
WINNER 2000 - South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award
WINNER 2000 - Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
WINNER 2000 - Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award
NOMINEE 2002 - Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
WINNER 2002 - Arizona Young Readers Award
WINNER 2002 - Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award
WINNER 2001 - Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
WINNER 2000 - Newbery Medal Winner
WINNER 2000 - IRA Children's Book Award for Older Readers
WINNER 2003 - New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award
WINNER 2000 - Maine Student Book Award
FINALIST 2002 - Massachusetts Children's Book Award
WINNER 2001 - Kentucky Bluegrass Master List
FINALIST 2002 - Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award



RELATED LINKS

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