Crazy Lady!

Informationen zum Autor Jane Leslie Conly's first novel, Rasco and the Rats of NIMH, an ALA Booklist Children's Editors Choice, and its sequel, R-T, Margaret and the Rats of NIMH, were included on a multitude of state library masterlists. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Trout Summer (an ALA Notable Children’s Book and Best Book for Young Adults) and the Newbery Honor Book Crazy Lady! She lives in Baltimore, MD. Klappentext 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) Zusammenfassung 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)

Product details

• Authors: Conly, Jane Leslie Conly
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.1995
• EAN: 9780064405713
• ISBN: 978-0-06-440571-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Bullying *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Books & Libraries *, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories