Grasshopper Jungle
Author: Andrew Smith
Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend , Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town Iowa.To make matters worse, Austin’s hormones are totally oblivious; they don’t care that the world is in utter chaos: Austin is….Read More
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