Waiting on Wednesday: Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.  This week's pre-publication, "can't wait to read" is:

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

From Goodreads synopsis: In this truly shocking, grotesquely original coming-of-age, end-of-the-world novel, sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the legacy of his family’s history in Poland and immigration to the United States while narrating the story of how he and his best friend brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, human-sized (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 in love with his girlfriend, Shann, but remains confused about his sexual orientation, stewing in a self-professed constant state of maximum horniness, directed at both Robby and Shann. Ultimately, it's up to Austin to save the world and propagate the species in this sci-fright journey of survival, sex, and the complex realities of the human condition.

Publication: Februray 11, 2014 by Dutton Juvenile

Do I need to explain why I want to read Grasshopper Jungle?  For starters, just look at that cover.  More important, the synopsis sounds completely insane, in the best way possible.

(Smith has great luck with his covers.  Look at his last book, Winger, which is supposed to be brilliant, and I STILL need to read it.)

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