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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
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Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Unable to make the normal trumpet blast, little Ellison gets teased by the other elephants. With encouragement from his mom and provocation from his imaginary friend, Weasel. Ellison finds his very own voice. The music from his "jazz trunk" charms and entertains all within earshot.