Bud Caldwell, not buddy, mind, an orphan gets beaten up by a foster boy and
is on the lamb looking for who he thinks his father is. Through out his
journey, he discovers a Hooverville, tries but misses to catch a train, and
eventually ends up in a band called Hermon E. Calloway and the Dusty
Desperados of the Depression. Can Hermon E. Calloway be his long lost
father. how can this man, so cold and mean be Bud's father? Winner of many
awards including a Newberry medal