Another Great Coming of Age(?) Novel

Youth in Revolt - CD Payne
Originally published in hardcover in 2003 - Aivia Press

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Laugh out loud funny. Seriously. I read this in 1995 and I have a poor memory, but I still remember how funny this book is. (The movie is also a must-see, but not quite as good.)


One of the interesting back stories to this book is that it was essentially self-published by Aivia press. Two years later, Doubleday released the book. Those Aivia press copies are VERY valuable. Click here to see an original hardcover edition of this title.


Amazon description - 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.