{"product_id":"tales-of-the-madman-underground-9780142417027","title":"Tales of the Madman Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Barnes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Speak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780142417027 (Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShips 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68063730401368,"sku":"9780142417027","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/1807\/3176\/files\/view_archive_29597288-bb22-4402-ab8e-e4d387448cc8.jpg?v=1793465065","url":"https:\/\/isekaitcg.com\/products\/tales-of-the-madman-underground-9780142417027","provider":"Isekai Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}