by Sean Beaudoin (Author)
Stan Smith has the world's dullest name, and the world's dullest life to go with it. At 17, the former junior chess champion turned "Town's Laziest Register Monkey at the Town's Only Video Store" has no car, no college, and, of course, no girl. If that weren't pathetic enough, he's got an organic-food-freak vegan mother, an eccentric inventor father, a dead-end job, a dog with a flatulence problem, and a former classmate threatening to kill him. With a 165 IQ, Stan was expected to Be Something and Go Somewhere. But when all he has is a beat-up old bike that keeps getting vandalized, he's going nowhere, faster.
Author Biography
Sean Beaudoin is the author of Going Nowhere Faster, which was nominated as one of YALSA's Best Books for Young Adults; Fade to Blue, which was called Infinite Jest for teens by Booklist, You Killed Wesley Payne, which was a Booklist Editor's Choice; and The Infects, which was called a wickedly unpredictable adventure by Publishers Weekly. His short stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications. Sean's website is seanbeaudoin.com.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Going Nowhere Faster
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 7
