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Elijah of Buxton, a 2008 Michigan Notable Book

After a long stint on the assembly line at Fisher Body Flint Plant No. 1, Christopher Paul Curtis achieved a bestseller with the publication of Bud, Not Buddy, which won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award. Elijah of Buxton is a Coretta Scott King winner for 2008 and also a Newbery Honor book. He is a native of Flint, Michigan. He and his wife, Kaysandra, have two children and live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He loves to play basketball and collect old record albums. His favorite books include anything by Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut, and Zora Neale Hurston

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