The The Madman of Piney Woods

Acclaimed Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis''s powerful companion to award-winning Elijah of Buxton is now in paperback!

Set forty years after the events of Elijah of Buxton, this companion novel is at once a hardhitting comment on the prejudices of our past and a heartbreakingly, hilarious coming-ofage novel that will have readers wiping tears of sorrow, and of laughter.

Benji and Red are two boys who haven''t met yet, but their paths are soon to cross in an unforgettable way. Through their alternating perspectives, we meet the characters in their respective towns, including two different, yet equally damaged individuals: an Irish immigrant woman whose journey to Canada proves as devastating as the famine she''s escaping, and a Black Canadian soldier who barely survives the American Civil War only to find he no longer fits in back home.

As the boys discover that their elders have been forever scarred by their pasts, they gain a deeper understanding of their present. With cameos from some of our favourite Buxton characters, this acclaimed novel will be loved by fans of Elijah of Buxton, while standing on its own as a beautiful comment on tolerance and acceptance.