Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

Talk about weird, this book is straight up crazy. I would categorize this book as a contemporary, sci-fi novel, because of the more modern talk about sexual identity and the crazyness of mutant killing grasshoppers. Anyway, Austin is a 16 year old and his best friend Robby, who kinda start a plague of some sort that infects people all over with a grasshopper that begins to grow inside their bodies until they were ready to hatch. Freaky! So, throughout the book you are in Austin's head, his thoughts, and this allows you to really connect with Austin versus any other character in the book. I personally did not like it, however I am not a big sci-fi/horror type a girl. I would have to say that this book would be more of high school only kind of range. Teachers could weave into a lesson on reflection.