 Curtis also wrote the Newbery Award-winning novel "Bud, Not Buddy"; "Elijah of Buxton", and "The Mighty Miss Malone".In 2013, a television film based on the book produced by Walden Media premiered on the Hallmark Channel, starring Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris, Latanya Richardson, Skai Jackson and David Alan Grier.The movie adapted the story by condensing and trimming events and characters from Flint in the first half of the novel and adding new scenes showing Kenny and Byron helping local youths organize Civil Rights events in Birmingham.