Bud Not Buddy In Today's World

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Bud, Not Buddy in Today's World Would Bud, not buddy be different if written in 2017? In Mrs. Alfrey class we read a book Bud, Not Buddy and, it is about a boy named bud who's mother died when he was 6. The boy was in an orphanage, he had been to 3 foster homes. He was in a foster home their names were the Amos. Basically, the Amos were not very nice to bud because of his elk, so bud ran away from the Amos. Once, he ran away he found his dad but really was his grandfather. Bud, Not Buddy would be different if written in a modern era because, Bud would have been found, he would have been going to school, and Bud would have had a better way of transportation. First of all, Bud would have been found. In chapter 4, bud would have been found because,

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