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Summary: ~*A Thoroughly Surprising Book*~
Review: I've read this book time and time again and find it to be not only entertaining and interesting but a bit humorous. The twisted life of Maxine is introduced to Vern when Vern is failing most of his classes. (This happens everyday.) He is intriduced to her when doing a good deed.(I wish all of my peers saw it that way.) Things spin on and on, Vern's grades impove and things become better for everyone. I will not tell you the ending , but from a teeenager's point of view, this book is rather realistly true and sad. Enjoy!!!!
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Summary: Crazy Lady
Review: In this book there is a boy named Vernon and he is the main characture there is also a mother or the Crazy Lady named Maxine and her son who is Ronald. Vernon is a sort of a boy who does not like weird people like maxine and Ronald at the begining but he begins to love them and understand how they live that way and why.Vernon also is an upset kid because his mother died when he was little and his father can not read or write. Maxine is a single mother and she is a drunk she walks in the road and yells and cusses at every body because she does not know how to control herself. Ronald is Maxines son he is slow and has trouble so he goes to a special school to help him out but he ends up leaving in the end it is soo sad
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Summary: wouldn't recomend
Review: is about a crazy lady being very crazy.of something bad happing .at the end of the story her son and her daughter. sometimes thry will get along and sometimes they won't.At the beginning of the book they didn't get along.In the first chapter of crazy lady she was very crazy becase her mom had died when she was very small at the age of 7
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Summary: jana richview middle school
Review: is about a crazy lady being very crazy.of something bad happing .at the end of the story her son and her daughter. sometimes thry will get along and sometimes they won't.At the beginning of the book they didn't get along.In the first chapter of crazy lady she was very crazy becase her mom had died when she was very small at the age of 7
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Summary: Crazy Lady Can Get A Little Crazy
Review: Jane Conly's Crazy Lady tells the story of Vernon, a teenager who is still dealing with the loss of his mother. In the beginning of the book, he becomes friends with several new people who help him gain a new perspective on life by teaching him what they already know and by just being in his life. Miss Annie is a retired schoolteacher who helps Vernon pass seventh grade English in exchange for helping her neighbor, Maxine, do small chores around the house. Maxine is known to the neighborhood as "the crazy lady," but all her craziness stems from her alcoholism. Maxine has a mentally challenged teenage son, Ronald, who is sometimes seen by the people who live in the neighborhood while they take daily walks through town. Vernon and his friends had made picking on Maxine a daily after-school activity. They would call her names, throw things at her house, and leave trash on her lawn. During the time he spends with Maxine, they not only become friends, but Vernon is also put in the middle of some of her problems which occur during her depths of alcoholism while trying to raise a mentally challenged son. As Vernon grows closer to Ronald, he becomes committed to making sure that social services don't take Ronald away from his mother. In the end, Vernon really helps Ronald more than he helps Maxine. Ronald also helps Vernon deal with the loss of his mother by bringing him happiness and support that had not been in his life for a while. Vernon is one of five children of a single father who is so busy dealing with all of family's problems that he does not see all of Vernon's mounting problems. As Vernon's difficulty with school continues, the absence of his mother's caring grows, as he wishes she were still alive to help him. Meanwhile, he has several nightly talks with his father. However, Vernon does not want to burden his father with his problems and continues keeping them from him. Vernon realizes that he has to solve his problem on his own, which is what brings him to Miss Annie. Miss Annie and Vernon become friends and watch over Maxine and Ronald together. Vernon's main objective is to try to get Maxine to stop drinking or at least to prevent having her caught by Miss Annie or other authority disturbing the town because she is drunk. She especially needs to be weary of Miss Marlow, Ronald's teacher, whom Vernon fears will take Ronald away if that happens. Vernon watches over him and helps him out in any way he can. Maxine has never been able to control her drinking. She knows the consequences of losing Ronald but still continues to drink and cause disturbances. She had to make a decision about what would be best for Ronald, and she decides to sign over custody to her sister and her husband. Vernon feels that Maxine has not tried hard enough with her alcohol problem. He is mad that she gave up so soon and is handing custody over to her sister. Vernon's disapproval of Maxine's decision and her persistent bad behavior makes him only want to go see Ronald when Maxine is not there. The day comes that Ronald has to leave, and the only person in the crowd wishing him off that makes him feel comfortable is Vernon. Vernon runs after the truck to the end of town trying to make his time with Ronald last longer. The truck disappears down the road, and Ronald is gone. However, he makes a major impact on Vernon's life. Crazy Lady "reveals that each of us has felt the pain of exclusion and the liberation of acceptance and love" (Smith117). Once Ronald is gone and Vernon feels alone again, he feels a touch on his shoulder that turns out to be his father. He finds comfort in his father and realizes that he had been there for him all along, but only noticed at the times when Vernon really needed him. Crazy Lady shows how one person can make a big difference in another person's life. For instance, Miss Annie tutored Vernon so that he could pass the seventh grade. This is something he would have never been able to do without her help. She also introduced him to Maxine and Ronald, who changed the way he lived his life. They both taught him not to prejudge people until you get to know them. If you do, you could miss out on getting to know someone wonderful. "Vernon's story is an interesting and involving one that reveals the enormous capacity of teens for both cruelty and compassion" (Smith 117). Ronald made it a happier place for Vernon by making him feel important and needed when he thought he wasn't. He also makes him look more positively at others who may be different and "provides a much needed insight into the lives of adolescents with special needs" (Smith 118). Maxine helped Vernon to see that people make mistakes and that they shouldn't be judged upon them. Crazy Lady also shows that one is never alone in life, even though at time's it may seem that way. Vernon felt that he was on his own whenever his father didn't have time for him, but he wasn't because his father was always there for him, though not always visibly there. And in the loneliest time in his life, he had friends like Annie and Ronald who stepped up and gave him the confidence that he needed to solve his problems on own his own.
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Summary: Language Content
Review: My 10 yr old daughter brought this book home from her school library.She told me she really likes the book but pointed outsome bad language being said in the book that I believe most parents would not approve of.
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Summary: A Story that is Uplifting and Transforming
Review: My son read this book last year when he was 13. At first he didn't want to read it but since it was a book we owned and he had a book report due he couldn't be picky. After the first few pages he said, "You know this book is pretty good." My son has dyslexia but the subject matter and the characters seemed so real that it kept him going. He identified, I think with Vernon who was a good, but lonely and confused kid with school problems. My son's interest and the quickness that he read the book fed my interest and I in turn read the book. I truly enjoyed the book, in fact thought it was better than most pap that kids are fed in the schools. I found it sad (I cried), touching, and renewing.We live in an urban setting so seeing "crazy" alcoholic people and retarded persons is real life to us. Through the help of people around him, and though giving of himself, Vernon, the main character was able to transform his life and make contributions to others around him. Yeah, he made mistakes, yeah there was swearing, but overall this book is an affirmation of life, friendship and struggle to do better. I personally have recommended this book to other families and can see why it was an ALA Notable book when it first came out.
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Summary: crazy lady by jane conly
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This book was an interesting book. I did like it. This book had to be the funniest book I have ever read in my entire life. I have never seen a book that could be funnier than this one. The book is mostly about a boy named Ronald and a boy named Vernon. Vernon is the main character in this book. He is the one who tells the story
Vernon started out as a failing student in school who made fun of Maxine the crazy lady and her son Ronald. But one day he meets up with Maxine in the supermarket while yelling at milt the clerk at the store for raising prices on the potatoes. Vernon and Maxine talk for a while and then that's when he meets Ronald the next day.
Through out the story Ronald and Vernon become friends. The thing with this friendship is that Ronald is handicapped and can't the things most people can do. That's why this makes this a funny book. My favorite chapter is 13 were there is a carnival and there is a show were men dress up as women and sing that was hilarious. That's all I will tell for now
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Summary: My Opinion for the Book "Crazy Lady"
Review: The book "Crazy Lady" was not very good. I disliked it becaus it was not very interesting. There was not many action things that took place.There should be a big action or thing that keeps the reader hooked on reading it.The book was okay.I dont think it a favorite though. The parts with Mrs. Annie and Vernon were not very interesting, nothing big happens there.
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Summary: My Opinion for the Book "Crazy Lady"
Review: The book "Crazy Lady"was an interseting book! Although some of the book was sad, I still enjoyed it. I liked watching Vernon trying to change and trying to be helpful to Maxine and Ronald in anyway possible!! Although th eend was quite sad we all knew it was for the better. Even though it was hard for the family and friends..
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