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.