This historical fiction book, Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, takes place in the Great Depression. This is portrayed when in the beginning of the book, a caseworker from the orphanage tells Bud and another boy that they were going to foster homes and that they were lucky because there was a 'depression going on all over this country'. The Great Depression took place in the 1930s, and jazz was popular in that time. Bud was trying to find what he believes was his long lost father, Herman E. Calloway, a well known jazz musician. That is another piece of evidence that this story took place in the Great Depression. The final piece of evidence is that there were lots of old technology. There were telegrams and not so much cars. This drives me to the conclusion that the book Bud, Not Buddy took place in the Great Depression.
