Review of the Day: The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Madman of Piney Woods

By Christopher Paul Curtis

Scholastic

ISBN: 978-0-545-63376-5

$16.99

Ages 9-12

On shelves September 30th

No author hits it out of the park every time. No matter how talented or clever a writer might be, if their heart isn’t in a project it shows. In the case of Christopher Paul Curtis, when he loves what he’s writing the sheets of paper on which he types practically set on fire. When he doesn’t? It’s like reading mold. There’s life there, but no energy. Now in the cas...