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Jimmy Wesley (“Mr. Jimmy”) The trumpet player in the band and a close friend to Herman E. Calloway. He invites Bud to join the band at the Sweet Pea, and runs interference when things get tense between Mr. C. and Bud. He surmises Bud’s relationship to Mr. C. and tells Bud that Mr. C. is his grandfather not his father.
Bugs is Bud Caldwell ’s best friend at the Home. Everyone calls him Bugs because of an unfortunate incident involving a cockroach that got stuck in his ear. Bugs, like Bud, is looking to… read analysis of Bugs. Steady Eddie is the saxophone player in Herman ’s band.
Bud meets Herman and his band and declares himself to be Herman's son, though his confidence is shaken when he sees that Herman is elderly. Bud becomes friends with the band members (who give him a saxophone by the end of the book), but Herman treats Bud with great animosity.
- Christopher Paul Curtis
- 1999
Nov 21, 2023 · Bugs: He is Bud's best friend at the foster home. People call him Bugs because a cockroach got stuck in his ear. He and Bud run away together and plan to go west on a train.
Nov 21, 2023 · Bugs is Bud's best friend in Bud, Not Buddy. They set off to ride the rails together, but Bugs makes the train and Bud does not.
When Bud wakes up, he is staring into the face of Bugs, his best friend from the Home. Bud agrees to join Bugs, who is headed to Hooperville to catch a train and “ride the rails.” The boys make their way to Hooperville, which is actually the Flint version of a Hooverville, tent cities that have sprung up all across the country.
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Herman E. Calloway is the grandfather of Bud Caldwell and the estranged father of Bud’s mother, Angela Janet Caldwell. Herman is the band leader of the Dusky Devastators of the Depression/Nubian Knights.