Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is a realistic fiction book about perseverance and family It takes place during the Great Depression in Flint Michigan A boy tries to find his father He befriends many people and goes through many adventures on the way Bud Caldwell is an African American motherless skinny 10 year old boy Bud is very imaginative he believes in vampires bats and other magical things He thinks that a nice man is a vampire He is very obedient and is very polite He calls ever
The two main characters in the book Bud Not Buddy are Bud Caldwell and Herman E Calloway Bud Caldwell is a ten year old African American boy He is a brave person because he travels a very far distance by himself when most people especially African Americans werent supposed to travel at night He wasnt afraid to be on the run He is a very cautious person because he sleeps with a pocket knife to protect himself He is a very sensitive boy He carries everything his mom gave him in a suitcase and doe