This book is suspenceful and makes me want to read more. It organzies its ideas well and gives me a brief understanding of what its about. Bud not Buddy is a very appropriate book, that everyone can enjoy.

My ten year old niece had read Bud, Not Buddy, recently, at school, and as I'm always interested to know what it is she's being taught, I decided to pick it up. At first I was discouraged by the book as it seemed to deal with a rather depressing story of a young orphan during the depression era, who was acting out revenge upon a foster family that had mistreated him. While making a mental note to explain to her the errors of vengeful retribution, I continued on and was soon pleasantly surprised by the novel's turn.

Christopher Paul Curtis has created a beautiful piece of historical fiction that teaches a young reader about some of the issues that were plaguing the American population of the 30's, as well as telling a heartwarming story about a young boys will and determination to find his estranged father. Along the way Curtis is able to share with us the trials and tribulations of racism, homelessness and labour-union disputes, whilst keeping the tone of the book light, with a witty dialogue that often had me chuckling. Not to say that it was all roses, because there is really no way to sugar coat families forced to live in Hooverville tenements at the side of the railroad tracks, especially in a day and age when tent cities are erecting all over North America due to the recent recession and mortgage crisis. The fact of the matter is these struggles were happening in the 30's just as they are happening now. It is important that we can share these realities with our children in such a way that they become interested, and through compassion, help to make changes in our world so that these mistakes won't happen again in the future.

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This is a wonderful story about the adventure of Bud, not Buddy Caldwell. His journey takes him from an orphanage in Flint, MI, to a foster home, to Hooverville, to the road to Grand Rapids, back to Flint, and finally ending up at Grand Calloway Station in Grand Rapids. On this journey Bud has only a suitcase full of special things. He is guided by Bud Caldwell's rules and things for having a funner life and making a better liar out of yourself. All thou times are difficult and some people are not the kind, Bud meets many people on his journey who help along.

On of my favourite scenes is when Bud goes to library searching for Miss Hill, trust librarian from better times. The description of the library is wonderful. The smell of the leather-covered books, new cloth-covered books and the paper of the pages seems to waft right off of the text. If only modern 21st century library were like that.

This a good book where the feeling and language of the 1930s are woven into a journey of discovery for a 10 year boy. I highly recommend this title.

I am 12 years old and I am reading this book for literature circles. I read the book, and at times I found that the only thing keeping me from not finishing the book was that I had to, for school. Bud (not Buddy) is a very interesting character but the author seldom uses the right words to describe the situations Bud finds himself in. I recommend that if you are going to purchase this book, you read it at the library first and decide then, because although I find it quite boring, it looks like a lot of people think its a very intuitive novel.

Bud not Buddy was a book which gives you a taste of history in an interesting way, through the life of a ten-year-old boy, on the lam. It shows you how a boy who lived motherless for 4 years gets by, and it teaches you about the Great Depression. I give this book 10 stars, and it makes me think about how lucky I am when I read a passage about how this boy has never been in a restauraunt before, and didn't know you could order you own food.

My name is Jordan and I'm 11 years old.
I think Bud,not buddy is the best book I have ever read. I simply feel like I am in the story.It's about a little boy who's mom died when he was six.And he goes through many obsticles. I would recomend this book to anyone who loves books and has a great imagination.

I thought this book was very well written. I enjoyed this book more than I have any other book. The plot was wonderful.

Bud Not Buddy is quite an exciting,funny,and sad book.At first the book might be quite boring. But as the story goes on the book gets more and more powerful,intresting and entertaning. Bud Not Buddy is about a boy that ran away from his foster parent's home to find his father. One of the highlights is the rules that he made up.This gave me an idea to make my own rules!!!

Bud, Not Buddy takes you on an exciting adventure. The ending was very surprising! It's great how a little boy spends all his time trying to find his father. Christopher Curtis wrote an excellent book, and I encourage everyone to buy it.

This was one of the best books I have ever read! I read this book for 5 hours straight. It is fun to travel with Bud(not Buddy!) and meet the people he meets along the way.Bud is the kind of person you just have to like. If you are looking for a book to read this is it. Christopher Paul Curtis did a great job writing this book!

I was hooked on the title, and the book was every bit as good as its title. Mr. Curtis has written a book with a great plot and extremely interesting characters. I rank this book with Holes, Silverwing and the Harry Potter series as the best children's literature I've read in two years. I can't wait for his next book.

I heard an interview with the author on CBC radio... fascinating... he just won the prestigious Newberry Award for this book, a rarity for a Canadian author... this book should be hyped up!!!