Tales of the Madman Undergroun: An Historical Romance 1973
This Printz Honor book is a classic in the making.
September 1973: The beginning of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of "the Madman Underground"-kids forced to attend group therapy during school. Karl has decided that he is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act-and be-Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has two after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother...and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored roller-coaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.
September 1973: The beginning of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of "the Madman Underground"-kids forced to attend group therapy during school. Karl has decided that he is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act-and be-Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has two after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother...and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored roller-coaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.
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Review:
"Rarely will you read something so lovingly vulgar, so fiercely warmhearted, and so exuberantly expansive . . . the culmination comes off like a teenage "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"." -"Booklist", starred review
"His narration is so easy and engaging, so sweet and funny, so astonishingly truthful that teens will rip through these 500-plus pages and want more." -"School Library Journal", starred review
"Darkly comic . . . as troubled, relevant, relatable and hilarious as J.D. Salinger." -"Los Angeles Times"
About the Author:
"His narration is so easy and engaging, so sweet and funny, so astonishingly truthful that teens will rip through these 500-plus pages and want more." -"School Library Journal", starred review
"Darkly comic . . . as troubled, relevant, relatable and hilarious as J.D. Salinger." -"Los Angeles Times"
John Barnes lives in Denver, Colorado. This is his first novel for teenagers.
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- ISBN 10 1606868527
- ISBN 13 9781606868522
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