Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington

Author:Karen Harrington [HARRINGTON, KAREN]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Books & Libraries, Juvenile Fiction / Family - Parents, Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues - Depression & Mental Illness, Juvenile Fiction / Family - Siblings
ISBN: 9780316210577
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2013-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

Dear Atticus,

This letter will sound mad, but I am not mad at you. This is one of those times I could really use your advice. I flat-out don’t know what to do about my father. Here I was having a good day (some interesting things happened to me today), and my dad has to be the most insensitive person on the planet. I know you’ve come across some insensitive people in Maycomb, and you would tell me their issues were worse than mine. That is true. But the people who are insulting people in your town (especially the way black people are treated) are ignorant, as you say. And they don’t even know the people they are calling names. So I ask you: Isn’t it worse to be mean to someone you supposedly know and love? Well, I’m getting pretty worked up, but that’s how I feel. There should be a law that forces people to follow that saying If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything. I tell you, that would be a good trick if you could make it happen. But then there would be a million more people in jail. You would never run out of clients. (Though I would hope you would be the prosecutor on those cases.) The guilty person (like my dad) would have to take the stand, and you could fire questions at them like, “In your opinion, Mr. Nelson, did you think it was wise to laugh at the defendant in her time of despair and hardship?”

I can hear you speaking just that way. Well, the you in the movie version of your book. I almost forgot to tell you that I watched you on TV again last night after my dad fell asleep. The picture of you I had in my mind and the one on TV are blurred together. I hope that’s all right with you. By the way, you would like my new friend, Finn. He is not insensitive like some people, but is all about knowing the exact word for everything. He said that studying a word is like unpacking an old suitcase. If you want to, you can keep taking things out of the suitcase and look at them like they are brand-new. Because he knows I like fashion, he explained to me that you can match words together like an outfit of clothes and accessories. Now, I think that most people use too many accessories when they talk. You do not. You have the right amount of plainclothes words.

I especially liked the courtroom scene of the movie. Again, my smart friend Finn told me this was everybody’s favorite scene, too. I like that I am ordinary that way. I wish I could have been up on that balcony with Jem and Scout to watch you work. It makes me feel like I was there. Because of the way you talk, I had to make a list of words I didn’t know. Well, maybe they’re not all your words.

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