Bud, Not Buddy Bud: The Homeless Boy

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Have you heard that millions of children were homeless during the Great Depression! Tons of parents left their children during the Great Depression. The childrens' parents decided to leave and ride the rails. During the Great Depression children cherished their belongings from their parents more than we do now days. In the book Bud, Not Buddy Bud had a suitcase that had all of his stuff in it. He cherished these items very much. Bud the protagonist of the story was a homeless boy in search of his father. Bud, Not Buddy would be a different book if bud was not homeless because he wouldn't have been in the home, he would have known his grandfather sooner, and he wouldn't have had a suitcase. To begin with, Bud wouldn't have been in

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