CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS is the recipient of the Coretta Scott
King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He won the
Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his bestselling
second novel, Bud, Not Buddy. His first novel, The
Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, was also singled out for many
awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor,
and has been made into a Hallmark Channel Original Movie.
Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began
working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while
attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now
a full-time writer. He lives with his family in Windsor, Ontario.
AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK
AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER
NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS
“The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people
to whom it is aimed.” —The Christian Science Monitor
“Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.” —Publishers
Weekly, starred review
“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 review
AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK
AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER
NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS
"The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people
to whom it is aimed." -The Christian Science Monitor
"Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"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 review
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