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    "description": "<b>\"Aaron Starmer skillfully welds sharp humor, deep loss, and roaring escapades. Truly the smartest and funniest book about spontaneous combustion you will ever read.\" &mdash;John Green, #1 bestselling author of <i>The Fault In Our Stars<br><br></i>A&#160;<i>TIME </i>magazine Top 10 YA &amp; Children's Book of 2016!<br>An ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection<br><br></b>With all the perfectly lovely young adult novels out there, you decided to check this one out? It&rsquo;s got spontaneously combusting teenagers in it, dude. Not the slow burning type either. We&rsquo;re talking the randomly exploding variety. Seniors in high school just walking along, heading to class, whistling Beyonc&eacute;, when&mdash;WA-BAM!&mdash; they&rsquo;re suddenly dripping off the lockers. <br> &#160;<br> Is that really something you&rsquo;re into?<br> &#160;<br> Confession: I&rsquo;m actually kinda into that too. So, now that we&rsquo;ve established we&rsquo;re both thoroughly weird and, I assume, thoroughly open-minded, we can give it shot, right? Let&rsquo;s at least read the opening chapters of this bad-boy and see if it features some of the more intriguing elements such as...<br> &#160;<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exploding teenagers (obviously).<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Hallucinogenic mushrooms.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pyromaniacal boyfriends.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Triplet toddlers in powder blue suits.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Amur leopards and doomsday preppers.&#160;<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A foul-mouthed female POTUS.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Ashtanga yoga. <br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &shy;Youtube sensations.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Self-driving Priuses.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Rogue FBI agents.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Mad scientists.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Homecoming.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Spring break.<br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Prom. <br> -&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; And &hellip; Jennifer Lawrence. <br> &#160;<br> Notice how I put Jennifer Lawrence last. She&rsquo;s in the book, so it&rsquo;s not cheating. And hey, if it takes America&rsquo;s most beloved movie star to sell this thing, then that&rsquo;s what it takes. <br><br> So, in closing: Jennifer Lawrence.<br> &#160;<br>\"<b>Wildly inventive</b>.\"<i> &mdash;&#160;Entertainment Weekly</i> \"Must List\"<br><br>\"This&#160;<b>comically surreal novel </b>that will blow your mind.&rdquo;&mdash;&#160;<i>People </i>Magazine<br><br>&#9733;&#160;\"A blood-soaked, laugh-filled, tear-drenched,&#160;<b>endlessly compelling&#160;</b>read.\"&#160;&mdash;&#160;<i>Kirkus</i>, starred review<br><br>&#9733;&#160;\"A wholly original YA tale of identity, friendship, love, lust, and gory, grisly death.\"&#160;&mdash;&#160;<i>SLJ</i>, starred review<br><br>\"<b>Bursting with heartache and gore</b>, Mara&rsquo;s narration appeals directly to readers&rsquo;<br>senses of horror and humor.\"&#160;&mdash;&#160;<i>Horn Book</i>",
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