Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy

ISBN: 1481422766

Author: Susan Vaught

Condition: New

Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mysteryBank Street Best Childrens Book of the YearLike its heroine, this contemporary mystery is compelling, offbeat, and fearless. -The Horn BookA sensitive, suspenseful mystery that deftly navigates the uncertainty of mental illness. -Kirkus ReviewsFooter Davis is on the case when two kids go missing after a fire in this humorously honest novel that is full of Southern style.Bless your heart is a saying in the South that sounds nice but really isnt. It means, Youre beyond help. Thats what folks say about fifth grader Footer Daviss mom, who aint right because of her bipolar disorder. She just shot a snake in Footers yard with an elephant gun, and now shes been shipped off to a mental hospital, and Footer is missing her fiercely yet again.Bless their hearts is also what folks say about Cissy and Doc Abrams, two kids who went missing after a house fire. Footer wants to be a journalist and her friend Peavine wants to be a detective, so the two decide to help with the mystery of the missing kids. But when visiting the crime scene makes Footer begin to have episodes of her own, she wonders if maybe shes getting sick like her mom, and thats a mystery that shes not at all sure she wants to solve.