CRAZY, written by young, 16 year old Benjamen Lebert is an amazing and beautiful attempt at a first novel. Taken away with his writings of comical, and yet at times difficult tales of baording school I was harldly able to put this book down. This book is based on a boy named Benjamen (hmmm...?) who has entered yet another boarding school after being thrown out of a great handful of others due to poor grades (especially in math). Being the new kid for the umteenth is already hard enough, but with the left side of his body being paralyzed, it certianly makes things a little more hard to stomach. But a few days into his stay at his new school Benjamen discovers that he may be in for an emotional ride. What's the ride called? Growing up. With expierences having to do with sex, alchol, divorce, and even leaving his school in the middle of the night, only to end up spending the night at a strip joint. Lebert writes of a strong bond between becoming-of-age boys that Benjamen becomes apart of which is a truely unforgettable one. This crazy little book is a great one-read it!

This is an enjoyable little book about the coming of age of a sixteen year old boy attending a boarding school in Germany called Castle Neuseelen. It's an inspiring story about how tough it can be at this age learning about friends, relationships and dealing with pier pressure. Benjamin Lebert also has to deal with another problem, partial paralysis. Life's pretty tough at this age, but it's even harder for Benni. A lot of his education takes place after school hours, as the young boys learn about real life at the girl's dorm, their first sex, alcohol, and even an adventure to Munich.

I was amazed at the skill presented here by this very young author who has a written a very touching and sensitive story (part autobiographical) about his experiences in boarding school. This is a book for everyone to read from a very talented German author. If Crazy is Lebert's debut to the world than this young author has a very bright future. Check this touching story out for yourself. I am sure you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

ok i don't normally do reviews like this cause i'm not good at them or anything, but when i read this book i felt i HAD to tell the world about it. i picked it up in the bookstore cuz the cool cover (i ALWAYS judge a book by its cover...i'm sooo bad like that) and the guy's kinda cute. (theres a pic inside) i won't go into an extensive plot summary cuz u should read it for yourself but basically it's about this guy who's in his thirtieth or whatever school, this one's a boarding school--co ed. Anyway it's basically that year at the school with this group of friends he met and it's just a little story (really quick read) and i'm not smart enough to figure out all the underlying themes but i know that it was a little taste on life from a teens perspective. i felt i could relate even tho he was a guy. there was a lot of cursing too and *explicit* scene so i guess it wasn't (ideally) appropriate for me but i read it anyway, and i think u should to, okay?