The Return of Buddy Bush

By Moses, Shelia P.

Publishers Summary:
Following her grandfather's death in rural North Carolina in 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae learns more about her family after reading her grandmother's collection of obituaries and traveling to Harlem, New York, to find her uncle who has escaped from the Ku Klux Klan.

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ISBN
978-0-68987-431-4
Publisher
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2006.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on April 1, 2006

Gr 5-9 "Return" picks up where "The Legend of Buddy Bush" (S & S, 2004) ended, in Rich Square, NC, in 1947. After being falsely accused of the attempted rape of a white woman, Uncle Buddy escaped jail and a KKK lynching and disappeared into the streets of Harlem. Here, Pattie Mae, 12, describes the funeral of her brokenhearted grandpa; her journey North with her sister; and her search for her beloved, legendary uncle. The girl is dazzled by Harlem: indoor plumbing; streets filled with cars and well-dressed people; endless store window...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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