Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

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Bud, Not BuddyandThe Watsons Go to Birmingham -
1963

• 2 Novels by
• Christopher Paul Curtis

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Bud, Not Buddy
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Set during the Great Depression,

• Bud, not Buddy, Caldwell finds himself alone in
  the world.
• After his mother dies, he is determined to find
  his father.

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• Bud leads his life by following rules to have a
  funner life and make a better liar out of
  yourself.
• (not exactly one of our virtues of the month)
• Rules start on page 11.

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
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The Watsons live in Flint, MI.

• Mrs. Watson is from Alabama, so when gang
  influences threaten to turn her son from a good
  kid into a bad kid, the Watsons drive 1,000 miles
  to Birmingham. Grandma Sands will be able to
  turn him around.

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• What the Watsons do not anticipate is the racial
  hatred in Birmingham, hatred strong enough for
  white men to blow up a black church.
• This story takes you back to a time when the
  color of your skin determined what kind of world
  you lived in.