Bøker av Aaron Starmer

A genre-bending YA novel about growing up . . . and blowing up. Already optioned by Awesomeness Films

"e;Aaron Starmer skillfully welds sharp humor, deep loss, and roaring escapades. Truly the smartest and funniest book about spontaneous combustion you will ever read."e; John Green, #1 bestselling author of The Fault In Our StarsATIME magazine Top 10 YA & Children's Book of 2016!An ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selectionWith all the perfectly lovely young adult novels out there, you decided to check this one out? It's got spontaneously combusting teenagers in it, dude. Not the slow burning type either. We're talking the randomly exploding variety. Seniors in high school just walking along, heading to class, whistling Beyonce, whenWA-BAM! they're suddenly dripping off the lockers. Is that really something you're into? Confession: I'm actually kinda into that too. So, now that we've established we're both thoroughly weird and, I assume, thoroughly open-minded, we can give it shot, right? Let's at least read the opening chapters of this bad-boy and see if it features some of the more intriguing elements such as... - Exploding teenagers (obviously). - Hallucinogenic mushrooms. - Pyromaniacal boyfriends. - Triplet toddlers in powder blue suits. - Amur leopards and doomsday preppers. - A foul-mouthed female POTUS. - Ashtanga yoga. - Youtube sensations. - Self-driving Priuses. - Rogue FBI agents. - Mad scientists. - Homecoming. - Spring break. - Prom. - And Jennifer Lawrence. Notice how I put Jennifer Lawrence last. She's in the book, so it's not cheating. And hey, if it takes America's most beloved movie star to sell this thing, then that's what it takes. So, in closing: Jennifer Lawrence. "e;Wildly inventive."e; Entertainment Weekly "e;Must List"e;"e;Thiscomically surreal novel that will blow your mind.'People Magazine"e;A blood-soaked, laugh-filled, tear-drenched,endlessly compellingread."e;Kirkus, starred review"e;A wholly original YA tale of identity, friendship, love, lust, and gory, grisly death."e;SLJ, starred review"e;Bursting with heartache and gore, Mara's narration appeals directly to readers'senses of horror and humor."e;Horn Book

"Call it coincidence, call it fate. This is the place you come. There''s no one else. This is the entire world."These words welcome Martin Maple to the village of Xibalba. Like the other children who''ve journeyed there, he faces an awful truth. He was forgotten.When families and friends all disappeared one afternoon, these were the only ones left behind. There''s Darla, who drives a monster truck, Felix, who uses string and wood to rebuild the Internet, Lane, who crafts elaborate contraptions, and nearly 40 others, each equally brilliant and peculiar.Inspired by the prophesies of a mysterious boy who talks to animals, Martin believes he can reunite them with their loved ones. But believing and knowing are two different things, as he soon discovers with the push of a button, flip of a switch, turn of a dial. . . .