7.8 /10 1 Votes
Language English Publication date 13 November 1995 Originally published 13 November 1995 Country United Kingdom | 3.9/5 Goodreads Genre Teenage fiction ISBN 978-0670862771 Preceded by Buddy's Song | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Viking Press (original), Puffin Books, CB Creative (current publisher) Media types Hardcover, Paperback, E-book Similar Out of the Darkness, Buddy's Song, Getting Free, Ship of Ghosts, Beaver Towers: the Dangero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buddy's Blues is a novel by British author Nigel Hinton which was first published in 1995. It is the third and final installment in the Buddy trilogy, after Buddy and Buddy's Song, and follows the rest of Buddy's life from the age of 18 including his musical career.
Contents
Concept
At the swimming pool the author once saw an old man trying to teach his granddaughter how to swim. This made Hinton wonder if Terry would have done a better job looking after a grandchild than Buddy. Also the film version of Buddy's Song had just been released and a song from the film went on to top the charts so the author combined the two to write Buddy's Blues.
Award
In 1996 the novel won the Stockport Schools' Book Award.
References
Buddy's Blues Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA