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This is a witty and wise book for young and old alike. Capricorn Anderson is a breath of fresh air to the jaded students of Claverage Middle School. He was selected as the 8th-grade president to make him the butt of many jokes and cruelties. Instead, Cap turned the jokesters on their heads by being himself and unthwarted by the unkindness he saw around himself.
Cap was dropped into this cruelty pit by the fall of his grandmother (out of a tree). She needed surgery and rehab to recover and that meant 8 weeks of physical therapy in a hospital setting. So, Cap was sent to the foster home of Mrs. Donnelly. Garland Farm, a hippie commune where Cap and Rain (Cap's grandmother) sat idle. Fifty plus years later, it is easy to see that some of the ideas of the hippies were right on.
Cap was dropped into this cruelty pit by the fall of his grandmother (out of a tree). She needed surgery and rehab to recover and that meant 8 weeks of physical therapy in a hospital setting. So, Cap was sent to the foster home of Mrs. Donnelly. Garland Farm, a hippie commune where Cap and Rain (Cap's grandmother) sat idle. Fifty plus years later, it is easy to see that some of the ideas of the hippies were right on.
