![]() Max imagined Budo into existence five years ago, and Budo is very protective of his young charge. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend begins as Max, an eight-year-old boy in special ed classes at his elementary school, copes with the daily challenges of his day with the help of his imaginary friend Budo. It won the 2014 Dolly Gray Award for Children’s Literature. Exploring themes of disability, obsession, growing up, and fear of death, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend received overwhelmingly positive reviews and is in development as an animated film at 20th Century Fox. However, when a disturbed teacher who believes she’s the only one qualified to care for Max takes action, Budo has to decide between protecting his own existence and helping the boy who is his whole world. ![]() Budo protects his friend, but is very worried about the possibility that one day Max will stop believing and he’ll disappear like all the other imaginary friends who belonged to kids Max’s age. He belongs to eight-year-old Max Delaney, a boy with an undiagnosed disorder on the Autism spectrum who has a lot of trouble fitting in at school. The main character is Budo, and he’s five years old, which is very old for imaginary friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is a 2012 young adult novel by American author Matthew Dicks. ![]()
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