Bud, Not Buddy: Chapter 8 Summary
Adapted By Kelly Warych
From the Novel Bud, Not Buddy
By Christopher Paul Curtis
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Bud is sleeping outside when he is awakened by Bugs, a boy he knows from foster care.
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Bugs wants to ride the train west, where he can make money by picking fruit. Bud says he will go with Bugs.
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Bud and Bugs find out that they can sneak onto the train from a Hooverville.
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The boys learn that "Hooverville" is a word for a community of people living in cardboard shacks during the Great Depression.
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When Bud and Bugs try to sneak onto the train, Bugs gets on, but Bud is left behind.
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