| Youth in Revolt: Now a Major Motion Picture from Dimension Films Starring Michael Cera Contributor(s): Payne, C. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0767931246 ISBN-13: 9780767931243 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl-- now a major motion picture from Dimension Films starring Michael Cera SIX MONTHS IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS TEENAGER "Youth in Revolt" is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive Type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response--all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess and ultimate intellectual goad. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Media Tie-in |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010292380 |
| Series: Random House Movie Tie-In Books |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.32" W x 9.28" (1.18 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl--the basis for the major motion picture starring Michael Cera. Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response--all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess, and ultimate intellectual goad. |