Tales of the Madman Underground

English

ISBN: 067006081X

EAN: 9780670060818

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 06/30/2009

Age Range: 14-UP

Synopsis: Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker?s senior year in stifl ing Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl?s been part of what he calls the Madman Underground??a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. 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 fi ve after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.

Awards: Michael L. Printz Award – null 

Excerpt: Unknown Property Excerpt

Tales of the Madman Underground

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.78 inches

Width: 5.88 inches

Length: 8.58 inches

Weight: 22.61 oz

Pages: 544