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"Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis, Chapters 6–10

Sat Dec 14 12:21:45 EST 2013
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During the Great Depression, a ten-year-old boy hits the road in search of the father he has never known.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–5, Chapters 6–10, Chapters 11–15, Chapters 16–19

Here are links to our lists for other works by Christopher Paul Curtis: The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Elijah of Buxton, The Journey of Little Charlie
privilege
You think you got some kind of special privilege just ’cause you’re skinny and raggedy?
considerate
One said, PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE, another said, PLEASE EAT AS QUICKLY AND QUIETLY AS POSSIBLE, another one said, PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE AND PATIENT—CLEAN UP.
pout
They pouted and gave me a couple of dirty looks.
retrieve
"Would you like to retrieve your suitcase?”
stricken
The librarian said, “There’s no need for you to look so stricken."
matrimonial
She laughed a quiet, librarian-type laugh and said, “Really, it’s not bad news. Unless you had matrimonial plans concerning Miss Hill.”
radiate
In this example sentence, the rays are metaphoric and make the happy person seem like a shining sun.
The librarian said, “Oh, yes, and I must tell you, she was radiating happiness.”
gait
She thumbed through the book until she said, “Aha, it says here that the average male human gait is five miles an hour."
kin
She said, “Don’t you have no other kin here in Flint?”
fidget
The one who was doing all the talking saw them fidgeting and said, “Hold steady, men.”
alias
It said a good criminal chooses an alias that’s kind of close to their own name.
gory
I didn’t want to tell her that I wasn’t really interested in history, it was just that the best gory pictures in the world came from the Civil War.
ventriloquist
I turned my head and talked sideways out of my mouth like one of those ventriloquists.
jolt
Then another jolt of red pop must’ve pumped through my heart because my brain came up with a perfect lie.
urgent
On the side of the box some big red letters said as clear as anything, URGENT: CONTAINS HUMAN BLOOD!!!

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