Buddy (Herlong novel)

Buddy
Author M.H. Herlong
Country United States
Language English
Published September 13, 2012
Publisher Viking Press
ISBN 978-0-670-01403-3

Buddy is a novel by M.H. Herlong. It won the award for William Allen White Children's Book Award in 2015 (Grades 6–8).[1]

Plot

Tyrone "Li'l T" Roberts meets Buddy when his family's car unintentionally hits the stray dog on their way to church. Buddy ends up being the pet dog Li'l T's constantly wanted, until Hurricane Katrina comes to New Orleans and he needs to leave Buddy. After the tempest, Li'l T and his dad return home to discover a group attempting to reconstruct their lives, and Buddy gone. Yet, Li'l T declines to surrender his mission to locate his closest companion.

Characters

References

  1. "Past Winners". Emporia State University. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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