Bud Not Buddy

stays at the drugstore during the day

stays at the library during the day

gets a job working at a soup kitchen

gets a job cleaning out railroad cars

making cookies

gardening

making candy

reading to him

father

uncle

grandfather

cousin

he knew Bud slept with his knife open

it was how they woke each other up at home

he wanted to prove himself a hero by beating up Bud

it was Rule 6 for having a funner life

she was enjoying her day off

Miss Hill was working somewhere else that day

Miss Hill got married and moved away

she was home, sick with the flu

he gets in trouble for playing with matches

he decides he wants to stay with them forever

their son Todd beats him up

he puts a hornet in Todd's bed

one of his mother's old toys

a framed picture of his mother

a poem that his mother had written

a necklace that had belonged to his mother

the train had been rerouted and was going south instead

they stopped to help a young boy who was injured

they couldn't get to the train because a fence was in the way

cops were standing around the train guarding it

two parents and three girls

two parents and a 12 year old boy

one parent and a 12 year old boy

one parent and a set of twins

deserves

helps

wants

denies