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Zusatztext Twelve-year-old Footer Davis wants to be a journalist! and her best friend! Peavine! wants to be a detective! so the two set out to solve the mystery of their neighbor’s murder and the fire that may have killed his two grandchildren. Footer’s distracted from her investigations! though! when her mother is hospitalized for bipolar dis- order. Now Footer has to deal with a nosy social worker! a teacher she hates! and some pesky hallucinations that might be traumatic memories of abuse she actually witnessed or might be! she fears! indications that she too will suffer from the same mental illness as her mom. Footer’s tongue is as sharp as her mind! and she has no problem sticking up for herself! even when the odds are against her. Vaught keeps up the energy of the reading experience by mixing in various other elements! in- cluding Footer’s illustrated school reports and lists! witness interviews transcribed by Peavine! and journal entries written by Peavine’s precocious little sister. A busy cast of likable small-town southern folk brings authentic variety to the mix; Peavine has cerebral palsy! for instance! and Captain Armstrong! a neighbor! suffers from PTSD! but like Footer’s mom’s bipolar disorder! these are just things you cope with as you go about your business. Footer ends her journalism career with a solved crime and a new understanding of the mentally ill! social workers! and herself; readers who appreciate a mystery with heart! humor! and a little trauma will enjoy this. An interview with the author and suggestions for further reading! fiction and non! on brain disorders follows the text. Informationen zum Autor Susan Vaught is the two-time Edgar Award-winning author of Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy and Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse. Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry received three starred reviews, and Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's Revenge was called "an excellent addition to middle grade shelves" by School Library Journal. Her debut picture book, Together We Grow, received four starred reviews and was called a "picture book worth owning and cherishing" by Kirkus Reviews. She works as a neuropsychologist at a state psychiatric facility and lives on a farm with her wife and son in rural western Kentucky. Learn more at SusanVaught.com. Klappentext The title appears with the words 'might be' crossed out.Footer Davis Probably is Crazy CHAPTER 1 Nine Days After the Fire The day my mother exploded a copperhead snake with an elephant gun, I decided I was genetically destined to become a felon or a big-game hunter. That was good, since I had tried being a ballerina, poet, artist, and musician, and I sucked at all of those. Mom cleaned out a third of the water from our backyard pond with the snake shot, but that wasn’t the best part. “You flew backward up the hill seven whole feet.” I prodded her hip with my toe. “That was special. You should try out for the circus.” The air smelled like spring flowers and gunpowder. Mom grunted and said something like “crouton,” and something else that sounded like a swear word. She was probably trying to tell me to burn the snake’s carcass, because that’s what she did with all the snakes she killed. “We don’t have to burn the snake,” I told her. “Nothing left of this one.” Mom’s red hair splayed across the pine needles under her head, and her pretzel-shaped barrettes glittered in the sunlight. I couldn’t stand those barrettes. They looked like something little kids wore. A bruise was spreading across Mom’s shoulder and chest. The elephant gun lay in the holly bushes across the yard. Wicked. I couldn’t believe it flew that far. My BB gun, Louise, punched like a scared little sister when I fire...
