Christopher Paul Curtis’s novel Bud Not Buddy tells the story of Bud, a ten year old living from one foster home to the next in Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression. Bud is tired of living as an orphan and wants to find a new place to call home after leaving his most recent foster home.  More [Continue Reading]

This time around, we read the book James and the Giant Peach written by Roald Dahl who is an English author. In this book we find that the main character, James, was once a happy boy who lived with his family near the beach. He was an extremely content and joyful little boy. In the next chapter, the [Continue Reading]

Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a book every bit as interesting and creative as its title. The story is about a town that sacrifices a baby every year in order to keep themselves safe from an evil witch who lives in the forest. One day, a baby is taken from her family by the town [Continue Reading]

Bud, Not Buddy is an exceptional book written by Christopher Paul Curtis.  This novel is about 10-year-old boy named Bud.  His mother dies when he is young and he has never met his dad.  Because of this, he has been through many different homes with many different people until he runs away and is [Continue Reading]

The book Bud, Not Buddy, written by Christopher Paul Curtis, has many different events and turnarounds that take place. The setting is in Michigan and around the time of the Great Depression. It starts off with Bud being in a place called the "Home" with other children. The "Home" is known to be a [Continue Reading]