The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father&;from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham&;1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.   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: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He&;s the author of Bud Caldwell&;s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. 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 to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him&;not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.  BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York TimesSchool Library JournalPublishers Weekly  &;[A] powerfully felt novel.&; &;The New York Times   &;Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.&; &;Publishers Weekly, Starred   &;Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.&; &;Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred