Buddy (Hinton novel)

Buddy (1982) is a novel written by Nigel Hinton. The main characters are Buddy Clark, his mother Carol Clark, his father Terry Clark and Julian and Charmian Rybeero. The story deals with issues such as racism, juvenile delinquency and child neglect.

Buddy
Cover of the first edition.
AuthorNigel Hinton
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreTeenage fiction
Set inEngland, early 1980s
PublishedJuly 1982, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd (original)
Penguin Books (current UK publisher)
Media typePrint (Hardback, Paperback, E-book)
ISBN978-0460-06089-9
Followed byBuddy's Song 
Television adaption: Buddy (television series)

The book was made into a television series starring Roger Daltrey as Buddy's father Terry in 1986.

It was the first installment in the Buddy trilogy and is followed by Buddy's Song (1987) which became a film (starring Chesney Hawkes and Roger Daltrey) in 1991 and Buddy's Blues (1995).

Buddy is still widely used in English classes at British and Irish secondary schools, sometimes with the TV series to compare the two media.

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