Grasshopper Jungle

By Andrew Smith

Book Overview

A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction

"Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone

"Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut's in "Slaughterhouse Five," in the best sense." --New York Times Book Review

In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things.

This is the truth. This is history.
It's the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it.
You know what I mean.

Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142425001
• ISBN13: 9780142425008
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

another great smith book

read the alex crow in high school and recently read it again and after, decided to read grasshopper jungle. fast paced and gripping. i read it in one day