| Going Nowhere Faster Contributor(s): Beaudoin, Sean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316014168 ISBN-13: 9780316014168 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $13.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: Everyone in town thought Stan was going to be something and go somewhere, but they're starting to realize that when this boy genius can't even get out of Happy Video, he's going nowhere, faster. But when things look like they're only getting worse, Stan is forced to decide what he wants to do with his life. Suddenly, he may be getting somewhere afterall. With sarcastic, dry wit reminiscent of David Sedaris and Tom Perrotta, this debut YA novel delivers with laugh-out-loud hilarity and a lot of heart. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Sexual Abuse - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 114320 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stan Smith has the world's dullest name, and the world's dullest life to go with it. At 17, the former junior chess champion turned Town's Laziest Register Monkey at the Town's Only Video Store has no car, no college, and, of course, no girl. If that weren't pathetic enough, he's got an organic-food-freak vegan mother, an eccentric inventor father, a dead-end job, a dog with a flatulence problem, and a former classmate threatening to kill him. With a 165 IQ, Stan was expected to Be Something and Go Somewhere. But when all he has is a beat-up old bike that keeps getting vandalized, he's going nowhere, faster. |