BY: CHRISTOPHER MOORE
A
 AMOSES: THE FAMILY THAT TRIED TO LOCK BUD
IN A SHED
B
 BUD: THE NAME OF THE MAIN TITLE CHARACTER
C
 CALLOWAY: THE LAST NAME OF BUD’S GRANDAD
D
 DOO-DOO BUG: A MEMBER OF HERMAN E.
CALLOWAY’S BAND
E
 EDDIE: ANOTHER MEMBER OF HERMAN E.
CALLOWAYS BAND
F
 FLINT: WHERE BUD WAS BORN AND RAISED. [IN
MICHIGAN]
G
 GRAND RAPIDS: WHERE BUDS GRANDAD LIVES
H
 HOOPER VILLE: THE ‘CARDBOARD JUNGLE’
WHERE BUD FIRST KISSED A GIRL
I
 IDEA: BUDS ‘MAPLE TREE SEED’ IDEA THAT
HERMAN IS HIS DAD
J
 JIMMY: ANOTHER MEMBER OF HERMAN’S BAND
K
 KNIFE: WHAT BUD SLEEPS WITH AT NIGHT, OPEN
AND READY
L
 LEFTY LEWIS: THE MAN THAT TOOK HIM TO THE
LOG CABIN
M
 MOTHERLESS: BUD, THE MAIN CHARACTER, HAS
NO MOTHER
N
 NOT BUDDY: WHAT BUD KEEPS ON TO EVERYONE
WHEN HE SAYS HIS NAME
O
 OK: WHAT BUD KEEPS ON SAYING WHILE HE IS
TALKING TO BUGS, HIS BEST FRIEND
P
 PARANOID: BUD SLEEPS WITH A KNIFE OPEN
Q
 QUIT: WHAT BUD REFUSES TO DO CONSTANTLY
IN THE BOOK
R
 RULES AND THINGS FOR HAVING A FUNNER LIFE
AND MAKING A BETTER LIAR OF YOUR SELF: THE
LIST OF RULES THAT BUD CREATED TO STAY ON
TRACK
S
 SIR: WHAT BUD REPEATS CONSTANTLY TO
EVERYONE HE MEETS
T
 THUG: ANOTHER MEMBER OF HERMAN’ BAND
U
 UNDERSTAND: NOONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT
BUD KEEPS ON TRYING TO PROVE: THAT
HERMAN E. CALLOWAY IS HIS DAD
V
 VAMPIRE BAT: WHAT BUD THINKS IS IN THE
SHED AT THE AMOSES HOUSE
W
 WOOP-ZOOP-SLOOP: BUDS PHRASE FOR ‘BEFORE
YOU KNOW IT’
X
 eXplorer: EVERYONE THINKS THAT BUD IS A
RELENTLESS EXPLORER
Y
Z
 woop-ZOOP-sloop: THE SECOND WORD IN BUDS
PHRASE FOR ‘BEFORE YOU KNOW IT’