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Tales of the Madman Underground : : (an Historical Romance 1973)

Barnes, John, 1957- Book - 2009 R Printz Honor 2010 None on shelf 1 request on 1 copy Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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In September 1973, as the school year begins in his depressed Ohio town, high-school senior Kurt Shoemaker determines to be "normal," despite his chaotic home life with his volatile, alcoholic mother and the deep loyalty and affection he has for his friends in the therapy group dubbed the Madman Underground.

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Printz Honor book - 2010.



PUBLISHED
New York : Viking, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 532 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1040

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780670060818
067006081X

SUBJECTS
Coming of age -- Fiction.
Emotional problems -- Fiction.
Alcoholism -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Ohio -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.