Crazy Lady

A good, fast, enjoyable children's book. The Good: --believable characters & character development --doesn't talk down to its audience or gloss over people's faults --doesn't bash working-class people; makes them behave the way people behave in real life The Bad: --wasn't sure whether the narrator was sup......more

I am reading books from the ALA’s most challenged list. I checked off all the books I have already read (although I plan to go back and read some) and now I am working through the part of the list I am interested in reading. I went through the list in my school library and grabbed this one. I finish......more

Crazy lady is a book by Jane Leslie Conly about a boy named Vernon in 1981. Vernon doesn't do very well at school and if he gets another F he will fail his grade. Vernon gets a tutor from the help of Maxine, she gets him a retired teacher named Ms. Annie. Throughout the year that Ms. Annie is helpin......more

I loved this book. I can see how some narrow minded people might hate it, because it does require a heart. Vernon is a great character and I think he is easy to relate to. He really isn't exceptional at anything and even at the end of the book, after months of tutoring, he still only gets a B- in En......more

Crazy Lady, by Jane Leslie Conly is a story about Maxine, a mean and crazy mother of Ronald, who has special needs but is very smart. The last main character is Vernon and he becomes friends with Ronald and Maxine to try and make things better. The setting takes place in a small neighborhood called......more