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Crazy Lady

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Vernon Dobbs is a struggling student having a bad school year. He has gone in for help. He just can't seem to get the hang of reading. He has had no one to turn to since his mother passed away from a stroke three years earlier. His mother had an uncanny ability to help those around her. His father tries, but is just too busy taking care of the family.
Vernon and his friends have nothing better to do than torment the eccentric neighborhood Crazy Lady, Maxine and her son Ronald who is mentally disabled. One chance meeting, with Maxine, outside the local grocery store will change many of Vernon's perceptions on life. Maxine introduces Vernon to her friend Mrs. Annie a retired schoolteacher. From Mrs. Annie he will learn that not everything in life is black or white. In exchange for tutoring, Vernon agrees to do odd jobs for Maxine. Vernon learns that Maxine's "craziness" is in reality alcoholism. Maxine's outrageous behaviors are accurately depicted through clothes and language. Vernon goes from the role of tormentor to that of protector as the story progresses. Conley creates a vivid impression of what life is really like in the section of town in which Vernon lives. It comes through in the attitudes of the grocer who tries to cheat people out a few cents on a regular basis, knowing that the people will not complain too much because they charge at his store. She also portrays a community where people band together supporting and helping each other. The book only gives one small glimpse that Vernon's problem may be a hereditary learning disability. The story addresses peer pressure, alcoholism, and people perceptions of other people with disabilities. Vernon finds out that you cannot control or assume responsibility for anyone's actions but your own. He finds out that his father has been there for him all the time and Vernon discovers that triumph and tragedy often go hand in hand.

I did not like certain parts in this book. I don't think Maxine being drunk so much is a good thing. Vernon is nice though. Ronald is also nice. It showed me not to judge people by the way they look before knowing them.

I thought it was okay because the charatcters were just okay. I used to think that all alchoholics were really bad people but now I know that some of them are really nice. Sometimes I think that mentally changlled people are mean but now I know that they are also nice people. Sometimes they can be mean and hateful but now I know that they are nice. I thought that Ronald changed Vernon in some way. So now I really like Vernon better than at the end than at the beginning.So it teaches you to not judge a book by its cover or a person either.

this book Crazy Lady was the best book i have ever read . its bout a boy struggling of a death.It was his mother.You can tell that he misses his mother because when he talks about her he says that he can fell his scalp geting hot.Its also about a alcoholic mother named maxine with a mental son named ronald.Vernon really belives in im and enters him in the special olympics.and he buys him all the supplies too.Have fun reading this book

Vernon is a smart kid who recently lossed him mother. He's learning to cope and to make the best out of any situation. Maxine also has a lot to learn. She acts foolish which makes the book funny by the way she talks and her outfit's has a drinking problem and it gets difficult while shes raising her mentally challenged son Ronald. One day their problems cross each other paths and an unlikely friendship forms between Maxine,Ronald,and Vernon. Through each other they learn how to face deal with life's problems. The book teaches several morals in a way that you don't realize until you finish. This is definitely a winner!

In the story The Crazy LadyI liked it. It helped me see that you shouldn't judge people on the outside. You have to judge on the inside most of the time. It also helped me think of all of the people that are special in other ways. I think everyone should read it and see what they think about it. When I'm older I think that I might teach special kids. It sounds like fun and it would help me with myself just as theirs. That's what I think.

In the book Crazy Lady I have learned a lot. I learned that not all alcoholics are mean and cranky. Also that all special needs kids know right from wrong. I never knew that all special needs people are everything that normal kids are. I never knew that a special needs child can learn anything about t.v., chalk, or other kids around them. Most of the time I think all of the kids always need a person to guide them 24-7. Finally I never knew that a special needs kid can learn from a regular teacher. That is what I learned from the book of Crazy Lady.

In the story Crazy Lady I enjoyed reading it. It helped me think that not all alcoholics can be self-centered, grumpy, and mean. I also realized kids or people with special needs can be very nice even though they may not be able to talk or do anything like regular kids/adults. Kids or adults that have this disablity are just like regular people and react like regular people. It is just they have a specific problem with learning. Lastly I never thought that special needs children needed to be watched 24-7. That is what I have learned about this book and also it helped me realize people with these needs are just like regular people.

I thought this book was okay but I did learn a lot of things from it. I learned that mentally challenged kids are really not dumb like everybody thinks. They have their mind and own thoughts. All alchoholics are not bad either. Most people drink because they are stressed or because they are sad or something.I learned that you can never judge a person by what they look like. One person might dress with no clothes matching one another, but they could still have a great personality. I really liked the character Ronald because if he was real there could be a lot learned from him. Vernon was a good character because he was the one that liked him when no one else payed attention.

This book is a heart warming story that tells of a boy named Vernon going from childhood to adulthood. At first he does not care about his school-work and then he starts to fail English. He asks his friends and his older sister to help tutor him but it is no use. Then a neighbor, Maxine Flooter, called the Crazy Lady, offers an old freind. He starts to go to her house for tutoring and his grades get better. Then since he can not pay cash Miss Annie wants him to start helping in Maxine's yard. Maxine is a drunk and her yard is a mess.She has a son named Ronald that is autistic.Vernon can't say no and has to help her. He does it real quick so his friends won't find out. Then Ms. Marlow, Ronald's teacher, finds out about Maxine being a drunk. She starts snooping around and asks Maxine if Ronald wanted to compete in the special Olympics. They decide to and problems arise. To find out if these problems are solved read this heart warming story.