Bud, Not Buddy | Themes and Characters
The major theme of Bud, Not Buddy, centers on the child's search for family. Motherless Bud has knocked around the Flint orphanage and a succession of foster homes long enough to know what he wants and what he does not. He would rather be on the lam. Besides, Bud remembers his mother; how she read to him at night, how they visited the library together, the important messages she gave him about his name and doors that open and close. They were a family and he treasures that "rememory." So, once he "busts out" of wrongful imprisonment in the Amos's garage, his latest foster home, Bud...
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