The Madman of Piney Woods (Scholastic Gold) (Hardcover)

from Ronrose1

Two boys from different cultures learn that their lives can share the same feelings of joy, hardship, love, and loss. Benji and Red appear different on the surface. Benji is from a free Black family that still can recall the outrages of slavery. Red is from an Irish family that knew the suffering...

from muddyboy

Many times I read books on this grade level and really enjoy them if they are creative or witty but this was not the case here, I am sure a lot of kids will like this book but the situations and problems are most definitely juvenile. So, the is not a crossover book that in any way kept my adult i...

from mjspear

Benji, black boy and descendant of run-away slaves, and Red, orphaned Irish boy, appear to be unlikely friends in 1940s Buxton, Ontario but their paths cross and collide on the uncovering of the "madman" of Piney Woods. This strange figure lurks in the nearby woods and is the subject of many myth...

from ewyatt

This was a slow starter for me. When I finally got into the book, the end was compelling. Red and Benji strike up an unlikely friendship. Red loves science, has a grandmother who is a mean, bitter person. Benji loves the woods and wants to be a newspaper man. The boys live in two different towns ...

from jothebookgirl

Set about 40 years after the events in Elijah of Buxton, this is the story of two boys and their separate lives and dreams: Benji is African-American, and his dream is to be a journalist; Red is Irish-Canadian, son of a judge, and his grandmother is a first-generation immigrant whose hatred has c...