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’