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Crazy Lady!
Author: Jane Leslie Conly

Book Information
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Book Type: Paperback
Rating:
4

ISBN-13: 9780064405713 - ISBN-10: 0064405710
Publication Date: 3/31/1995
Pages: 192
Reading Level: Ages 9-12


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged)

Book Description:
Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing the neighborhood outcasts'Maxine, an alcoholic prone to outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. But when a social service agency tries to put Ronald into a special home, Vernon fights against the move.

1994 Newbery Honor Book
Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA)
1994 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
1994 Young Adult Editors' Choices (BL)
1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)
Young Adult Choices for 1995 (IRA)

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Den F. wrote on 10/9/2006...


Newberry Honor Book--I liked it, so did my children. Nice segway to talk about people with challenges! Good book for 3rd-4th graders, or just to have mom read to younger kids. Talk about the pain of exclusion with the help of this story.


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