a person who works for the orphanage in placing children with foster families

a family paid by the government to take care of orphan children

a cheap prize that would allow a child to create and read secret codes

strong thread or string

looking or feeling sad

to begin and get started

a specific or special day or date and time for an activity or event

a small paper or handout that advertises an event

"We were all standing in line wating for breakfast when one of the caseworkers came in and tap-tap-tapped down the line" -- Bud (p. 1)

"Unless you're as stupid as a lampost, you've got to wonder what's coming off next, your arm? Your leg? Your neck?" -- Bud (p. 5).

"I felt like I was walking in my sleep as I followed Jerry back to my room." -- Bud (p. 3)

"Jerry looked like he'd just found out they were going to dip him in a pot of boiling milk." -- Bud (p.2)

"... her high-heeled shoes sounding like little firecrackers going off on the wooden floor." -- Bud (p.1)

"I followed Jerry back to the room where all the boys' beds were jim-jammed together." -- Bud

Bud carried a ________ that showed a picture of a Herman E. Calloway’s Jazz Band.

Bud had a loose tooth. He thought it was scary when, “good parts of your body _____________ to loosening up and falling off of you.”

The flyer advertised a special date or ______________ starring Herman E. Calloway’s Jazz Band.

Bud felt ______________ because he did not want to go to another foster home.

Bud tied _______ around his suitcase to keep it together.

Bud was an _________ because his mother died when he was six years old.

Bud did not want to leave the orphanage and go live with new ___________.

Bud's ___________ told him and Jerry that they would be going to live with new foster parents.

The name of Herman E. Calloway's band was the Dusky Devastators of the Depression.

"Jerry looked like he'd just found out they were going to dip him in a pot of boiling milk." -- Bud (p.2)