Title: Stupid Fast
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire (June 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402256302
ISBN-13: 978-140225630
It’s about a boy. It’s about sports. It’s about being a serious dork. It’s about a paper route. It’s about bullying and the opposite. It’s about a girl. It’s about hair growth. It’s about a little brother. It’s about piano. It’s about a depressed mother. It’s about learning to be who you are. It’s about not hiding.
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Stupid Fast is the 2011 Cybils Award winner for best YA fiction, a YALSA (American Library Association) Best Books for Young Adults selection for 2012, a 2011 selection to the ABA’s list of Best Books for Children, a Penn Young Readers Finalist, a Georgia Peach Award finalist, and a 2011 Junior Library Guild Selection!
“In the tradition of great young adult protagonists like Holden Caulfield and Eric “Moby” Calhoune comes Felton Reinstein, soon to be sixteen… Surprises abound in this future youth classic…” —VOYA, June 2011
“It’s rare to gain access to a male teen’s thoughts at his most vulnerable… Felton is a hero for all readers–male and female. And Herbach (who admits to growing up in Wisconsin as “both a dork and a jock”) is a writer to watch.”— Jennifer M. Brown, Shelf Awareness, May 18, 2011.
“Whip-smart and painfully self-aware, Stupid Fast is a funny and agonizing glimpse into the teenage brain…Young readers looking for a genuinely memorable first-person narrator — in the vein of Sherman Alexie’s Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian or Pete Hautman’s Godless – should really catch up to Stupid Fast this summer.” – Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 8, 2011
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Title: Nothing Special
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire (May 1, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1402265077
ISBN-13: 978-1402265075
Nothing Special is the follow-up to Stupid Fast. It’s next year and Felton is as big and bad as everyone thought he’d be. Unfortunately, he’s still a little kid on the inside. He’s a jerk to his pal, Gus. His little brother, Andrew, struggles mightily without Felton’s help. Really, Felton’s got the curse of the monkey, real bad. He can’t see beyond his own tiny little problems. But if he doesn’t clean up his act, he’ll lose Gus. He’ll lose Aleah. And, honestly, he may already have lost Andrew who says he’s going to orchestra camp, but never shows up. Ride with Felton as he tries to get his head out of his rear. Ride with him as he tracks his little brother to the dangling sack of America (Florida).
Nothing Special is a Junior Library Guild selection for 2012.
“The look inside Felton’s head as he makes inroads in his family relationships is both funny and genuine.” Boys and Literacy
“Felton is genuine, self-reflective and charming in his honesty, even when he is being a narcissistic gorilla. His tender heart and great juvenile sense of humor repeatedly left me in tears and giggle fits.” Good Reads with Ronna
“This is definitely a smart guy book—a book for smart guys, who definitely love a good chuckle.” Reading Beyond the Middle
“I really, really liked how this story was written. The whole idea of this story being one huge letter from Felton to Aleah was really cool. And with the book being written from Felton’s point of view it really creates this awesome reading experience.” — Justin’s Book Blog
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Title: I’m With Stupid
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire (May 1, 2013)
ISBN-10: 1402277911
ISBN-13: 978-1402277917
I’m With Stupid is the final book in the Stupid Fast trilogy. Felton is a conquering football player. He is heavily recruited. But when is best friend Gus asks him to justify his existence, he can only say, in his best red neck accent, “I play football real good.” To be an adult, to take care of himself, he’ll need to figure out what he cares about most and to act on that and, most importantly, to let go of the hold his father has had over him.
I’m With Stupid is a Junior Library Guild selection for 2013.
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Title: The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (April 15, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307396371
ISBN-13: 978-0307396372
NOTE: THIS IS NOT YA. IT IS DEFINITELY “R” RATED.
Having destroyed his life, the suicidal T. Rimberg strikes out on a journey through history and geography. From Minneapolis to Europe to a fiery accident near Green Bay, he searches for a father who is likely dead, digs for meaning where he’s sure there is none, fires off suicide letters to family, celebrities, presidents, and football stars, and lands in a hospital bed across from a priest who believes that Rimberg has caused a miracle. This funny, moving novel asks us to consider the nature of second chances and the unexpected form that grace sometimes takes.
“The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg is a darkly comic, extraordinary peek into the delicate mind of a suicidal no-hoper. T. Rimberg is a superbly crafted character: death obsessed and soulful, resentful and ashamed, chivalrous and scruffy. In his brilliant debut novel, Geoff Herbach parks good and evil side-by-side in the sandbox and, with masterful confidence, allows them to figure things out for themselves.”
–Tish Cohen, author of Town House
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