In the beginning of Chapter 8 of Bud not Buddy, Bud is sleeping outside when a boy from his foster care named Bugs wakes him up.
In the middle of chapter 8, Bugs needs to go on a train west to pick fruit so he could earn money. Bud decides to go with him. Later on, Bud and Bugs find out they need to go to a city called Hooperville after they get off the train they start heading to the city. As there walking over the hear music and food the smell of food so they follow that path. Once they get there they stay there for a few nights.
In the ending of chapter 8 of Bud not Buddy, Bud and Bugs find out only Bugs can go west so Bud decides to try to look for his dad.