Summary Of Crazy House

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The setting of this novel, Crazy House, by James Patterson, is set in The United inside Cell B-97-4275. The book has many moods to it some including, controllment, rebellion, romance, and sisterhood. This story includes two twins living by themselves. Their mother has been taken away for a mood adjust. Their father is in the hospital after trying to commit suicide and remains unresponsive. Cassie Greenfield is a seventeen-year-old girl and adopted the name Careful Cassie from her twin sister. Cassie never gets in trouble and always does her work. She has perfect grades, attendance, and behavior at school. Cassie ends up having to do all of the work at her house and taking care of the farm. She spends hours looking for her sister each …show more content…

She gets shot and is thrown into a truck just like Becca was put in. When Cassie wakes up she is being put into what appears to be a prison cell with five other kids, one being her sister. Nathaniel, both Becca and now Cassie’s friend, goes out to look for them. After walking farther than ever before he discovers a little boy named The Kid laying on a hill under a huge advertisement sign. The kid shows him what appears to be an abandoned building that a truck goes to around the same time every night. They decide to climb under the truck the next day to see what’s inside. After climbing out they immediately get caught by a guard and thrown into a much different looking prison cell. The Crazy House focuses on man vs. society type conflict. This society has many rules that must be followed. People must be at their own homes between 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. ‘“ Inside your house from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Not in your yard or under your carport. In YOUR house.”’ (5) You cannot leave the cell. If the cell rules are not followed, you will be either thrown into jail, sent away for a mood adjustment, and or possibly worse executed. ‘“ You’re the worst kind of citizen! The best kind for a mood adjustment.”’

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