Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis

This book is enjoyable to read. It brought tears to my eyes. The story is fictional, but it is based on situations or events that Bud, an Afro-american, encountered in the 1930's during the Great Depression. He is only 8 years old in the story. The fictional characters are based on real people. The author combined his imagination with traits of people to build the new characters. Bud lives in an orphanage because his mother had died. Once again he is going to live with foster parents. He is reluctant to go because of previously being abused at the last foster home. The new foster home doesn't work out because he is also mistreated. He runs away from the foster home and on his journey to find his grandparents he meets different people and encounters many experiences. He finally finds his grandparents at the end of the story. My reaction to the story was influenced by just the thought of having to live in a orphanage and live with different foster parents. I learned that children's literature can enlighten your insight about certain events or situations that happened during the depression or other significant periods or times.