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: He has his own suitcase full of special things. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 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 and find this…
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Editions
37 editions · 3 languages
Paperback · English · 2018
Thorndike Press Large Print · 278 pages · 9781432850463
Paperback · English · 2012
Corgi Childrens · 256 pages · 9780552566636
Audiobook · English · 2006
Listening Library (Audio) · 9780739331798
Audiobook · English · 2005
Listening Library · 9780807204788
Paperback · English · 2004
Laurel Leaf · 272 pages · 9780553494105
Paperback · English · 2003
Thorndike Press · 9780786261918
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