El cl sico ganador de la Medalla Newbery y del Premio Coretta Scott King sobre un ni o que decide lanzarse a la carretera para encontrar a su padre, de Christopher Paul Curtis, ganador del Premio Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton a la Trayectoria. Es 1936, en Flint, Michigan. Los tiempos pueden ser dif ciles, y Bud, de diez a os, puede ser un ni o hu rfano de madre y a la fuga, pero Bud tiene algunas cosas a su favor: Tiene su propia maleta llena de cosas especiales. Es el autor de Las reglas y cosas de Bud Caldwell para tener una vida m s divertida y convertirte en un mejor mentiroso. Su mam nunca le dijo qui n era su padre, pero le dej una pista: volantes que anuncian a Herman E. Calloway y a su famosa banda, Los Devastadores Oscuros de la Depresi n Bud tiene la idea de que esos volantes lo llevar n hasta su padre. Una vez que decide emprender el viaje para encontrar a este hombre misterioso, nada puede detenerlo: ni el hambre, ni el miedo, ni los vampiros, ni siquiera el propio Herman E. Calloway. MEJOR LIBRO DEL A O: The New York Times School Library Journal Publishers WeeklyENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. 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: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:
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