Buddy is a children's novel by American author M. H. Herlong about a family and a dog affected by Hurricane Katrina.

[2] Tyrone "Li'l T" Roberts meets Buddy when his family's car unintentionally hits the stray dog on their way to church.

After the tempest, Li'l T and his dad return home to discover a group attempting to reconstruct their lives, and Buddy gone.

A reviewer for The New York Times wrote "What makes "Buddy" memorable is not just the tale of a boy's fierce love for his dog but its harrowing portrayal of one of this nation's most traumatic natural disasters.

From start to finish, "Buddy" is a testament to the human capacity to endure, to find hope in the sodden ruins of destroyed lives.".