The Madman of Piney Woods

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Author:

Curtis, Christopher Paul

ISBN:

978-0-545-15665-3

Publication Date:

Jan 2016

Publisher:

Scholastic, Incorporated

Imprint:

Scholastic Press

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $8.99

Book Description:

Benji and Red couldn't be more different. They aren't friends. They don't even live in the same town. But their fates are entwined. A chance meeting leads the boys to discover that they have more in common than meets the eye. Both of them have encountered a strange presence in the forest, watching them, tracking them. Could the Madman of Piney Woods be real? In a tale brimming with intrigue and adventure, Christopher Paul Curtis returns to the vibrant...
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Book Details

Pages:	384
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / African American & Black Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Depression & Mental Illness Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration Juvenile Fiction / Places / Canada
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.281 x 7.631 x 1.09 Inches
Book Weight:	0.55 Pounds

Author Biography

Curtis, Christopher Paul (Author)

Newbery Medal-winning children's book author Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan on May 10, 1953 and graduated from The University of Michigan. While there he won the Avery and Jules Hopwood Prizes for poetry and a draft of one of his early books. Curtis spent thirteen years on an assembly line hanging car doors.

His story The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 received a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and Bud, Not Buddy became the first novel to win both of these awards. Elijah of Buxton received the 2008 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and a Newbery Honor. Curtis also won the 2009 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature.

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