She was subsequently raised near Big Sur by divorced hippie-renegade parents. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing 1 edition (February 12, 2010), 352 pages.Ībout the Author, courtesy of the publisher:Ĭornelia Read knows old-school WASP culture firsthand, having been born into the tenth (and last) generation of her mother's family to live on Oyster Bay's Centre Island. The Crazy School is accessible, engrossing and fun. As a crisis emerges at Santangelo Academy, the story turns into a mystery thriller as Madeline and her students try to discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths. The Crazy School gives us the quirky, cynical Madeline Dare and her impressions as a new teacher in the dangerous and unusual Santangelo Academy. And as she tries to make sense of what happened and how to protect herself and her students, we get drawn into the mysteries and secrets going on in The Crazy School. When sudden violence erupts on campus, Madeline finds herself right in the middle of it. While this doesn't endear her to everyone, it does make her a sympathetic and teacher and an interesting lead character.

Madeline responds to the demands and requirements with humor, cynicism, and good sense. Everyone on campus, teachers and students alike, must submit to the founder's bizarre therapeutic treatments and regimen. The school is notoriously expensive and experimental and set in gorgeous grounds in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts. After an irregular childhood and traumatic personal event, Madeline Dare accepts a post at Santangelo Academy, a boarding school for disturbed teenagers.

The Crazy School by Cornelia Read