Bud, Not Buddy

By: Connor Coffman

Characters Bud: He is an orphan and lives in a orphanage since

his Momma died when he was six. He got adopted but ran away the morning after he got adopted because they made him sleep in a shed with a hornets nest in it. Bud was ten years old.

Herman E Calloway: He plays the bass in his band. Bud thought he was is Daddy because his Momma brought home fliers with Herman E Calloway and his band on it.

Steady Eddie: He is in Herman’s band (Sax player.) Miss Thomas: Singer of Herman’s band. The Thug: Drummer of the band. Doo-doo Bug: Trombone player of the band. Dirty Deed: He is also in the band (don’t know what

instrument.) Mr. Jimmy: Best friend of Herman's and also in

Herman’s band (don’t know what instrument.)

Settings The year is 1936 in Flint and Grand Rapids

Michigan. The Amos's house. The library. Hooverville. The Sweat Pea. The Home (orphan place.) The grand Calloway station. The log cabin (club.) The Amos's shed.

Problem (s)

Bud Is at the Amos's house and gets in a fight with Todd Amos and gets locked in there shed because of the fight.

Bud is going to jump a train to go west but he misses the train just barely.

Bud’s mother dies 4 years earlier and so he his motherless so he is out looking for his Daddy and he has nowhere to live.

Herman doesn’t think Bud is any part of his family so Bud keeps on trying to persuade Herman that he is.

Solution Bud runs away from the Amos's house. He goes to the trees next to the library and sleeps there. Bud decides to go to Grand Rapids because he is going to try

and find Herman E. Calloway who he thinks is his Daddy. Bud finds out how to get to Grand Rapids. He goes to the library and finds a book that says the distance of

a city to a city. Bud decides to walk to Grand Rapids. In Owosso Mi. at 2:30 in

the morning and a car runs by and stops offers Bud something to eat and a ride.

Then next morning Bud wakes up and has breakfast and the person who finds him in Owosso gives him a ride all the way to Grand Rapids.

Bud finds Herman in a club called The Log Cabin. Herman asks bud what his mothers name was and Bud said

Angela Janet Calloway which was Herman’s daughter. Which makes Herman Bud’s grandfather.

So Herman ran to his room and cried. Bud showed proof that She was his Momma by a picture.

I don’t know what happened to Bud but I know there is a 2nd book.

Thanks for watching!