Crazy
Fifteen-year-old Jason has fallen upon bad times—his mother has died and his father has succumbed to mental illness. As he tries to hold his crazy father and their crumbling home together, Jason relies on a host of imaginary friends for guidance as he stumbles along trying not to draw attention...
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Fifteen-year-old Jason has fallen upon bad times—his mother has died and his father has succumbed to mental illness. As he tries to hold his crazy father and their crumbling home together, Jason relies on a host of imaginary friends for guidance as he stumbles along trying not to draw attention to his father’s deteriorating condition. Both heartbreaking and funny, CRAZY lives up to the intense and compelling characters Han Nolan is praised for. As Jason himself teeters on the edge of insanity, Nolan uncovers the clever coping system he develops for himself and throws him a lifeline in the guise of friendship.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152051099 (0152051090)
Publish date: September 13th 2010
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Health,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Death,
High School
This is the first time anyone has ever said this, prepare yourself...This would have been better if it were self-published.Nolan stunned me emotionally and I couldn't think any more highly of her but as the book goes on it loses it's impact. It's too well edited, too clean, too mundane in structure...
Crazy is just what the titles leads you to believe it will be, absolutely crazy! Jason's mother dies, and he is left to care for his mentally ill father all on this own. He's keeping it to himself because he refuses to let his father be locked up. To keep it a secret, Jason's learned not to have any...
Han Nolan is another author who is one of the best writing for young adult readers. This emotional novel about fifteen-year-old Jason whose mother is dead and whose father is debilitated by mental illness. He copes through three imaginary friends and through real friends he makes when he joins a the...
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