"Special anniversary edition"--Cover. "With an introduction by Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medalist." --front cover. Includes a foreword by Christopher Paul Curtis. Includes a Readers Guide and a conversation with the author.
Summary:
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
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