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Bud, Not Buddy
- Narrated by: James Avery
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 08-10-00
- Language: English
- Publisher: Listening Library
Regular price: $14.60
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Publisher's Summary
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Newbery Medal Winner, 2000
Audie Award Nominee, Children's Titles for Ages 8+, 2001
"The cast of characters, presented with endless variations in voicing, is authentic and memorable." (AudioFile)
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- Dionne
- Katy, TX, USA
- 02-21-09
Great Family Audio
My family and I listned to this book on a short road trip. My boys 6 and 9 loved it as did my husband who does not normally listen to audio books. The narration is wonderful. The story telling is sharp and funny. This is a very easy book to enjoy again and again. In fact both my boys have already played it a secound time just for the fun of it. Absolutely 5 stars!
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- Robert
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- 05-20-05
Bud, Not Buddy
This is my favorite book in the world, its breathtaking, adventurious, depressing and elating all at the same time. you read this book (or listen to this book) you won't be sorry I guarantee!
Age 10
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-18-04
Loved this story!
This is a great story! I was touched by Bud's steely determination and drive to find his true father. The book is well-written and will have you laughing, hoping, and crying. The way everything works out makes this a must-listen.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Samantha Nicole Gordon
- 01-08-16
Still one of my top 10 favorites after 14 years
This book was even better than I remembered! I had to read this in the 5th grade and I loved getting to listen to Bud's story again for the first time in 14 years. I appreciate his struggle and of the people around him more than I did back then. It's an amazing story to lose yourself in and the narrator was perfect. I felt like I was sitting in a room with Mr. Bud Caldwell listening to him recount his childhood. I couldn't stop smiling most of the time I listened.
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- Cynthia Pye
- 12-05-15
Great story, great story-telling!
Such a great story!! I wish I had read this when I was 10 or 11. I would have so enjoyed it. The writing was amazing. So funny, entertaining, poignant. So creative. And had bits of actual Depression-era history thrown in. And the narration could not have been more perfect! A+!!!!!!!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Carolyn
- Connellys Springs, NC, United States
- 06-10-07
Wonderful
This was a great book to listen to with the kids, funny and touching. We have listened to this one more than once. Definately worth a credit!
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
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- Aaron
- USA
- 04-27-05
Bud not Buddy
We listened to this just after Holes and The Giver, which are also good. At first I didn't think it was as good as those. It doesn't have a complex plot and the writing is rather plain. The truth about Bud's background isn't hard to figure out either. So much for my adult ears because my kids really liked it. So after giving it another listen, I changed my mind about it. Any child who listens is going to be comforted by the happy ending and the straight forward story telling. Through the eyes of a child, a great story.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
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- Silver Shopper
- 10-04-15
Excellent story and narration!
It's a great story! Touches on a lot of issues in the US during the Great Depression, great for kids! The narrator does a great job of changing voices for characters :)
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- Rhoda Allman
- 08-29-15
Overall
This is a very good clean story!!! Good for young people. The narration was exceptional!! Very good job!!! I will listen to this story again!! And someday have my children listen to it!!!
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- monique demery
- 06-11-15
Touching and funny
My whole family (including a 9 year old boy and 7 year old girl) enjoyed listening to Bud. We were touched and inspired as he made his way through the hardscrabble years of the Depression, learning something about this hard time in American history- laughing and crying along the way.
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