The Crazy School is the second installment in Cornelia Read's Madeline Dare series. The Crazy School , both as a book and as a place, is populated by characters who are all different kinds of crazy for all different kinds of reasons. A Field of Darkness ( Crazy 's predecessor) started off with a killer first line/paragraph that set the bar and tone for the rest of that novel. The Crazy School doesn't have that distinction. However, the book very quickly hooks the reader--once the story gets going, it's very hard to put down, and the chapters fly by. It's the year after the events of A Field of Darkness . While these events are referenced obliquely once or twice, it would be very easy for someone to jump into the series starting with this book and then catch up with the first one. Me, I like to read a series in order. Okay, let's just be honest: I HAVE to read a series in order, so I started with the first one and continued...
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