by Christopher Paul Curtis · Editorial Everest · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424186388
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«Me llamo Bud, no Buddy» is the young adult novel by Christopher Paul Curtis, published by Editorial Everest in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
During the Great Depression, Bud, a ten-year-old orphan, runs away from his foster family convinced that his father is a jazz musician. With a suitcase of treasured objects, he sets out on a journey west, facing obstacles, meeting diverse people, and keeping alive the hope of finding a better future.
It belongs to the Punto de encuentro collection, translated from English by Alberto Jiménez Rioja, and won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.
For young readers aged 12 and up, with a story of adventure and historical background.
Christopher Paul Curtis is an American children's book author. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, was published in 1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award, in addition to numerous other awards. In 2000, he became the first person to win both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award—prizes received for his second novel Bud, Not Buddy—and the first African-American man to win the Newbery Medal. His novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 was made into a television film in 2013.
