Tales of the Madman Underground

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MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK - This gripping coming-of-age novel takes readers on a rollercoaster ride through the chaotic life of a quirky teen and his misfit friends. "Darkly comic . . . as troubled, relevant, relatable and hilarious as J.D. Salinger."--Los Angeles Times "Rarely will you read something so lovingly vulgar, so fiercely warmhearted, and so exuberantly expansive."--Booklist, starred review If this book was a monologue . . . it would be ****ing censored. Today is Wednesday, September 5, 1973. Welcome to the life of Karl Shoemaker, which includes: - getting through his senior year of high school - getting out of Lightsburg, Ohio, hole of the world - trying to lose his virginity - five jobs - a dead father - a seriously unhinged drunk mother - a house that is basically a litter box - his membership in the Madman Underground (a group of kids forced, for no apparent reason, to attend group therapy during school hours) Review Citations: Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780142417027, Paperback)

  • Author: John Barnes
  • Publisher: Speak
  • Pages: 544
  • ISBN: 9780142417027 (Paperback)

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Tales of the Madman Underground

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MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK - This gripping coming-of-age novel takes readers on a rollercoaster ride through the chaotic life... Read more

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    MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK - This gripping coming-of-age novel takes readers on a rollercoaster ride through the chaotic life of a quirky teen and his misfit friends. "Darkly comic . . . as troubled, relevant, relatable and hilarious as J.D. Salinger."--Los Angeles Times "Rarely will you read something so lovingly vulgar, so fiercely warmhearted, and so exuberantly expansive."--Booklist, starred review If this book was a monologue . . . it would be ****ing censored. Today is Wednesday, September 5, 1973. Welcome to the life of Karl Shoemaker, which includes: - getting through his senior year of high school - getting out of Lightsburg, Ohio, hole of the world - trying to lose his virginity - five jobs - a dead father - a seriously unhinged drunk mother - a house that is basically a litter box - his membership in the Madman Underground (a group of kids forced, for no apparent reason, to attend group therapy during school hours) Review Citations: Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780142417027, Paperback)

    • Author: John Barnes
    • Publisher: Speak
    • Pages: 544
    • ISBN: 9780142417027 (Paperback)

    Ships separately from our book distribution partner by USPS Media Mail. Media Mail usually takes 2 to 8 business days after shipping. If you order this with cards or other items, it will arrive in its own package.

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