EXILE FROM EDEN

From New York Times bestselling author Andrew Smith comes the stunning, long-awaited sequel to the groundbreaking Printz Honor Book Grasshopper Jungle.

It's been sixteen years since an army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises forced Arek's family underground and into the hole where he was born; it's the only home he's ever known. But now, post-end-of-the-world, the army of horny, hungry praying mantises might finally be dying out, and Arek's ready to leave the hole for good. All he has are mysterious letters from Breakfast, a naked, wild boy traveling the countryside with his silent companion, Olive. Together, Arek and his best friend Mel, who stowed away in his van, navigate their way through the ravaged remains of the outside world. Though it works as a standalone, this long-awaited sequel to the irreverent, groundbreaking Printz Honor Book Grasshopper Jungle is stunning, compelling, and even more hilarious and beautifully bizarre than its predecessor. Andrew Smith is the author of Ghost Medicine, In the Path of Falling Objects, The Marbury Lens, Stick, and Winger, all of which have been on YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list. Other works include 100 Sideways Miles, which was long listed for the National Book Award; Grasshopper Jungle, a 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book, Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction, a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, and a Best Book of the Year at Kirkus and School Library Journal; The Alex Crowi, recipient of five starred reviews and was named one of the best YA novels of the year by Kirkus; Rabbit & Robot and The Size of the Truth, his debut middle grade novel. He lives in Southern California.