Bud, not Buddy

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: He has his own suitcase full of special things. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers …

The stories Julian tells

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0590203630

Collation

71 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

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Call Number

C

Gloria's way

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