Firecracker: First Edition - Hardcover

Iserson, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159514370X ISBN 13: 9781595143709

Publisher: Razorbill, 2013

Synopsis

A hilarious tragicomedy from New Girl and SNL writer David Iserson! 

Being Astrid Krieger is absolutely all it's cracked up to be.

She lives in a rocket ship in the backyard of her parents' estate.

She was kicked out of the elite Bristol Academy and she's intent on her own special kind of revenge to whomever betrayed her. 

She only loves her grandfather, an incredibly rich politician who makes his money building nuclear warheads.

It's all good until...

"We think you should go to the public school," Dad said. 

 This was just a horrible, mean thing to say. Just hearing the words "public school" out loud made my mouth taste like urine (which, not coincidentally, is exactly how the public school smells).  

Will Astrid finally meet her match in the form of public school? Will she find out who betrayed her and got her expelled from Bristol? Is Noah, the sweet and awkward boy she just met, hiding something?

About this title

About the Author

David Iserson works as a film and television writer and currently writes for Fox's New Girl. He has also written for Saturday Night Live, NBC's Up All Night, and Showtime's United States of Tara and has several screenplays in development. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and her terrifying collection of taxidermy. Firecracker is his first novel. Find out more at davidiserson.com and follow David on Twitter @davidiserson.

Reviews

Gr 9 Up–When 17-year-old Astrid Krieger's latest boarding school kicks her out for cheating, her parents give her one option: public school. Despite being guilty of this crime and more, Astrid schemes to expose the traitor in her old clique who set her up for discovery. In the course of stringing along her psychologist; avoiding her fake boyfriend; and coming up with an elaborate exposé involving a doppelgänger, a basket of sandwiches, and a horse, she also learns some lessons about family, friendship, and romance. Weaknesses in plotting and clichéd, underdeveloped secondary characters are overcome by the sheer force of Astrid's voice as the whip-smart, spoiled, snarky narrator in this fast-paced and funny novel.–Natasha Forrester, Multnomah County Library, ORα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Astrid Krieger is filthy rich and lives in a rocket ship parked in her backyard. (You read that right.) When she is expelled for cheating at her private school, her parents decide to send her to public school. Astrid, who only thinks of herself, is forced to attend therapy, where she is asked to complete at least three things that she doesn’t want to do but would make someone else happy. Sitcom scribe Iserson fills his debut with whip-smart and cynical observations, and while the characters and plot might be over the top, the fun never stops. Of course, as Astrid completes her tasks, she grows and manages to make new friends in the process. Perfect for readers looking for dry, witty humor; exaggerated characters; and boatloads of quirk. Grades 8-11. --Sarah Bean Thompson

Edition details

• Publisher: Razorbill
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159514370X
• ISBN 13: 9781595143709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336