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Tales of the Madman Underground: (An Historical Romance 1973) Hardback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by John Barnes

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Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of what he calls "the Madman Underground" - a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act - and be - Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has five after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.

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Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of what he calls "the Madman Underground" - a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act - and be - Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has five after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.

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  • Title Tales of the Madman Underground: (An Historical Romance 1973)
  • Author John Barnes
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 532
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking Children's Books, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2009-06-25
  • ISBN 9780670060818 / 067006081X
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.9 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 4.83 cm)
  • Age range 14 to UP years
  • Grade levels 9 - UP
  • Reading level 1040
  • Category Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Mothers and sons, Friendship
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009011072
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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John Barnes lives in Denver, Colorado. This is his first novel for teenagers.

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