A review by pacifickle
Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington

4.0

Loved Sarah, the main character, her inner voice, her interactions with others, and and especially the tie-ins to Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird." The premise of following up on a child a decade after a botched murder attempt made by her mother is fascinating & heartbreaking, but too grisly a premise for my elementary age readers. Also the book is (justifiably) very harsh on the media exploiting the story for cheap ratings boosts, at the cost of ruining Sarah & her father's attempts to move on. This was done so well, it made me feel guilty for being so interested in the premise. It did its job well, then, I suppose. I also wanted more detail on how Sarah survived the attempted drowning by her mother with no brain damage, and her brother did not.