Grasshopper Jungle

Grasshopper Jungle

<b><b><b>A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book<br>Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction<br><br></b></b><br>"Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --<i>Rolling Stone</i></b><br><br> <b>“<i>Grasshopper Jungle</i> is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br>  <br><br>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.<br><br> <b>This is the truth. This is history.<br> It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it.<br> You know what I mean.</b><p>Funny, intense, complex, and brave, <i>Grasshopper Jungle</i> 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.</p>