num_pages: 214
description: It is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad accidentally ran over her leg with the discer, leaving her with a long convalescence and a permanent disability. But perhaps the worst thing from Emaline's point of view is that in his grief and guilt, her father shot Prince and then left Emaline and her mother on their own.Despite the neighbors' disapproval, Emaline's mother hires Angus, a patient from the local mental hospital, to work their fields. Angus is a red-haired giant whom the local kids tease and call the gorilla. Though the small town's prejudice creates a cloud of suspicion around Angus that nearly results in tragedy, in the end he becomes a force for healing as Emaline comes to terms with her injury and the loss of her father.In the tradition of novels such as Kevin Major's Ann and Seamus and Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust, novelist and poet Pamela Porter uses free verse to tell this moving, gritty story that is accessible to a wide range of ages and reading abilities.
language: English
title: The Crazy Man
titlecomplete: The Crazy Man
genres: Historical, Juvenile, Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Poetry, Canada
ratings_count: 734
places: Saskatchewan, Canada
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Children's Literature — Text, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Canadian Children's Literature Award
category: English Language, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Hackmatack Children's Choice Award
category: English Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Groundwood Books