num_pages: 388
description: Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend Robby brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town Iowa.To make matters worse Austin's hormones are totally oblivious; they don't care that the world is in utter chaos: Austin is in love with his girlfriend Shann but remains confused about his sexual orientation. He's stewing in a self-professed constant state of maximum horniness directed at both Robby and Shann. Ultimately it's up to Austin to save the world and propagate the species in this sci-fright journey of survival sex and the complex realities of the human condition.
language: English
title: Grasshopper Jungle
publisher: Dutton Books