The Madman of Piney Woods, Hardcover

Awards🏆
Recommended (2015) - Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children - (Children's Fiction)
Nominee (2016) - Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - (Children's)

Contributor(s):

• Author: Christopher Paul Curtis

Benji and Red couldn't be more different. They aren't friends. They don't even live in the same town. But their fates are entwined. A chance meeting leads the boys to discover that they have more in common than meets the eye. Both of them have encountered a strange presence in the forest, watching them, tracking them. Could the Madman of Piney Woods be real?

In a tale brimming with intrigue and adventure, Christopher Paul Curtis returns to the vibrant world he brought to life in Elijah of Buxton. Here is another novel that will break your heart -- and expand it, too.
 
Review citations

• Kirkus Reviews / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - 07/01/2014
• Kirkus Reviews / Exceptional Presentation - 07/01/2014
• Kirkus Reviews / Book Of Special Distinction - 07/01/2014
• Kirkus Reviews / Top 15 Book Of The Year - 07/01/2014
• Kirkus Reviews / Highly Recommended - 07/01/2014
• Booklist / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 74 - 07/01/2014
• Booklist / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 74 - 07/01/2014
• Booklist / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 74 - 07/01/2014
• Booklist / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 74 - 07/01/2014
• Booklist / Highly Recommended - pg. 74 - 07/01/2014
• Publishers Weekly - 07/07/2014
• School Library Journal - pg. 86 - 08/01/2014
• Quill & Quire / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 37 - 09/01/2014
• Quill & Quire / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 37 - 09/01/2014
• Quill & Quire / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 37 - 09/01/2014
• Quill & Quire / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 37 - 09/01/2014
• Quill & Quire / Highly Recommended - pg. 37 - 09/01/2014
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 60 - 08/15/2014
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 60 - 08/15/2014
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 60 - 08/15/2014
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 60 - 08/15/2014
• Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview / Highly Recommended - pg. 60 - 08/15/2014
• Horn Book Magazine / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 105 - 09/01/2014
• Horn Book Magazine / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 105 - 09/01/2014
• Horn Book Magazine / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 105 - 09/01/2014
• Horn Book Magazine / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 105 - 09/01/2014
• Horn Book Magazine / Highly Recommended - pg. 105 - 09/01/2014
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - 10/01/2014
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Exceptional Presentation - 10/01/2014
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Book Of Special Distinction - 10/01/2014
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Top 15 Book Of The Year - 10/01/2014
• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Highly Recommended - 10/01/2014
• Shelf Awareness - 10/31/2014
• New York Times Book Review - pg. 27 - 11/09/2014
• Voice of Youth Advocates / Marginal - 12/01/2014
• Voice of Youth Advocates / Extraordinary - 12/01/2014
• Voice of Youth Advocates / Recommended - Hard To Beat - 12/01/2014
• Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books - pg. 82 - 11/15/2014
• NY Times Notable Bks of Year - pg. 35 - 12/07/2014
• Booklist Ed Choice Youth - pg. 17 - 01/01/2015
• Hornbook Guide to Children / Outstanding - 01/01/2015
• Hornbook Guide to Children / Acceptable - 01/01/2015
• Hornbook Guide to Children / Reviewed - How Did It Get Published - 01/01/2015
• BookPage - 10/01/2014