The Legend of Buddy Bush

An unjust arrest ignites a family's fight for justice and dignity.

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224 pages· 760L

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Bookroo's summary

Pattie Mae's world shifts when her admired Uncle Buddy returns to North Carolina, only to be wrongfully accused of a crime. As her family grapples with this injustice, they embark on a tumultuous journey from anger to redemption. Will they find the strength to overcome societal prejudices and reclaim their pride? Dive into a powerful tale of resilience and hope in the face of adversity.

From the publisher

Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Shelia P. Moses’s National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Honoree, The Legend of Buddy Bush, with this new edition of a classic novel that’s more relevant than ever. The day Uncle Goodwin “Buddy” Bush came from Harlem all the way back home to Rehobeth Road in Rich Square, North Carolina, is the day Pattie Mae Sheals’s life changes forever. Pattie Mae adores and admires Uncle Buddy–he’s tall and handsome and he doesn’t believe in the country stuff most people believe in, like ghosts and stepping off the sidewalk to let white folks pass. But when Buddy is arrested for a crime against a white woman that he didn’t commit, Pattie Mae and her family are suddenly set to journeying on the long, hard road that leads from loss and rage to forgiveness and pride.