{"product_id":"grow-up-isbn-9780143121091","title":"Grow Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this bawdy, raucous, and unabashedly frank novel, youth is certainly not wasted on the young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"one of the most hilarious and well-observed accounts of teenage debauchery you are ever likely to read\" by the trendsetting British lifestyle magazine \u003ci\u003eDazed \u0026amp; Confused\u003c\/i\u003e, Ben Brooks's \u003ci\u003eGrow Up\u003c\/i\u003e is a shocking, stylish, and very modern coming-of-age story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jasper J. Wolf careens through high school, his list of to-dos includes: get high with friends, seduce the hottest girl in school, and, last but not least, expose his stepfather as a murderer. But as growing up soon teaches him, what he wants and what he gets are often wildly different—and decidedly unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e“An amusing, sometimes ironic look at one fairly feckless lad’s coming-of-age…What comes as a surprise is the wonderfully poetic voice Brooks has given his protagonist…Eat your heart out, Holden Caufield [sic].”  — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Cart, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Eminently readable… Hyper–self-aware…Filled with black humor and fleeting tenderness… Its protagonist, Jasper J. Wolf, imagines himself as a prettier Holden Caulfield, but the end game reveals that the self-reflective young writer is more along the lines of a John Hughes hero, albeit with volumes more narcotics…There’s a timeless if caustic quality to [narrator] Jasper’s minimalist rants [and] there’s an unexpected humor even to the murkiest sequences. Brooks’ work feels richer [than] the transgressive teen drama \u003ci\u003eSkins\u003c\/i\u003e…as it explores generational angst and the blue-black damage of adolescence.”  \u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging, funny and sharply-written. I loved how [\u003ci\u003eGrow Up\u003c\/i\u003e] manages to be both brutally uncompromising and gloriously warm-hearted.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Killen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ben Brooks is a magical imp who pumps out dark nuggets of poetry and makes you snort with laughter.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoel Fielding, co-creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Mighty Boosh \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sickeningly good. So confident, so stylish. An unacceptably witty and original debut.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Key\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Liquid Gold.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I thought [\u003ci\u003eGrow Up\u003c\/i\u003e] was amazing. One of the most hilarious and well observed accounts of teenage debauchery you are ever likely to read….Alarmingly good.  Jasper is great fun, naively perceptive, often LOL-funny company.  A totally convincing portrait of being a wayward teenager now . . . It’s so pertinent it actually kind of trips you out.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDazed \u0026amp; Confused\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Navigates the travails of school and beyond with a quick wit.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sharp and witty exploration of adolescent life…\u003ci\u003eGrow Up\u003c\/i\u003e is one part serious, the rest is simply laugh-out loud funny….{Brooks] is able to deal with issues such as self-harm and suicide with a tenderness and sensitivity that one would have thought beyond his years….contagiously funny, well-written and no doubt marks the start of a promising career for a talented young writer.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliantly captures 21st-century youth.  Hilarious.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I couldn’t stop reading \u003ci\u003eGrow Up.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ewww.Volume1Brooklyn.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Funny from unexpected places.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ewww.3amMagazine.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A dirty, dirty book. It is a \u003ci\u003ewonderfully\u003c\/i\u003e filthy book.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ewww.Areadinglife.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A vicious, often hilarious—and hilariously blunt—microcosm of contemporary, ketamine-addicted British youth.” — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eblacklisted \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An undeniably fun read, thanks to the leanness of its prose and its sense of humour, which is as sharp as it is affected. This is Oscar Wilde with a Tumblr account, or Martin Amis remixed by Skrillex.”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ewww.TheStar.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBen Brooks is the author of \u003ci\u003eFences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Island of Fifty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kasahara School of Nihilism\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He was born in 1992 and lives in Gloucestershire, England.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301067182309,"sku":"NP9780143121091","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143121091.jpg?v=1767728528","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/grow-up-isbn-9780143121091","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}