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Bud Not Buddy is an exiting novel that takes place in Flint Michigan in 1936. Bud is an orphan and starts out living in an orphanage. Bad things happen and the next thing you know Bud is living on the street. The only things that bud has is a suitcase containing a blanket, a jack knife, a picture of his mother, some rocks with weird numbers on them, and some flyers of a jazz musician named Herman E. Calloway. Bud remembers his mother telling him that his name is Bud not Buddy. She says that because she believes that Buddy is a dogs name, and not the right name for a fine young boy. Bud respects his mother’s wishes, and lets nobody call him Buddy. Bud also has some rules he uses to help him get through hard times. He keeps theses rules