Bud, Not Buddy: Chapter 1 Summary
Adapted by Kelly Warych
From the novel Bud, Not Buddy
By Christopher Paul Curtis
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Ten year old Bud Caldwell lives with many children in foster care. Bud finds out that he has just been placed to live with a new family. The year is 1936.
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When Bud was six years old, his mother died. Since his mother's death, Bud has lived with different families.
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Bud keeps one suitcase full of his belongings. The things that Bud keeps in the suitcase are a blanket and flyers that he took from his mother.
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Bud took the flyers from his mother because they all showed a picture of a man named Herman E. Calloway. Herman E. Calloway is in a jazz band.
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Bud guessed that Herman E. Calloway might be his father.
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