Bud, Not Buddy

Bud Caldwell is a ten-year-old boy who goes to live in a horrible foster home. After Bud escapes, he decides to find his father. Bud's adventures take him across the United States of America during the Great Depression - a time when many people were very poor. Will Bud find a home and a family ?

Penguin Readers is a serles of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, written for learners of English as a foreign language. The series is aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and includes language activities that help develop key skills.