Grasshopper Jungle

Picture this: a world in turmoil. A brutal government looking to stamp out anyone who dares oppose it. The only one who can stop this tyrannical system and save its citizens? A beautiful young girl willing to die for her family and friends. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s a formula that works, as mega-popular books like The […]

Andrew Smith is the author of vivid, unclassifiable YA, as likely to explore 19th-century Arctic expeditions, Polish history, and the ghosts of dam disasters as it is the more daily concerns of his teen protagonists (daily concerns = sexuality, bullies, athletics, epilepsy, refugee status, grasshopper plagues, freak accidents…). He’s also the perfect emcee for the recently announced “Keep […]

There’s a new con in town. Hank Green—brother of John Green, half of the Vlogbrothers, and unabashed nerd—is establishing NerdCon: Stories, a celebration of the art of storytelling. After all, that’s what most sets humans apart from any other species: our love for dreaming up and sharing stories, fictional and real. Regardless of what we call it, we […]

It was the best of times, it was the end of times. Apocalyptic fiction and dystopias had their moment, but what happens after a cataclysm is only half the story. An arguably more interesting tale lies in the days before the collapse, when people must cope with the end of their lives as they know them. It’s in […]