Oh, this one is going to get some buzz this year! I have a feeling there will be some discussion around the 2015 Printz table, too. Why? Because this book is different. Much different from Winger, which I loved and gave 5/5 stars to on Goodreads.
This book is shocking and in-your-face in a way that makes you stay up late to finish it. Austin Szerba is a typical teenage boy, if typical teenage boys are always horny and confused over how he can love two people equally. But this isn't just a teenage angst/love triangle/rebellious story because there really are giant grasshoppers intent on destroying the world. I know, I know, it sounds crazy stupid, but it works. Full of short sentences and crazy back-stories and chapter headings that are simply brilliant--this will hold up to a second and third read by someone looking for literariness.
Now I'm going to go build a shelter in my backyard....
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