Written from the perspective of a 16-year-old guy from the fictional Midwestern town of Ealing, Iowa, the book features many mature coming-of-age themes, such as sex and sexual orientation, ancestry, family relationships, friendship, war, violence (six-foot-tall praying-mantis-like bugs hatch from people and want to do two things: eat and copulate), strong language, and substance misuse (cigarettes, alcohol). Printz Honor book Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith is a coming-of-age novel that is so compellingly bizarre it's sure to appeal to older teens and adults who appreciate authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Franz Kafka, and Jonathan Safran Foer. Parents need to know that 2015 Michael L. Adults drink, use meth, and discuss their youth when they smoked heroin and pot during the Vietnam War.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Sixteen-year-olds Austin and Robby smoke cigarettes and drink a bottle of wine.
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