Stupid Fast
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4.5 • 41 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults * 2011 Cybils Award Winner, Young Adult Fiction * Junior Library Guild Selection * ABA Best Books
A moving yet hilarious coming-of-age teen comedy about a reluctant athlete just trying to make it through high school, perfect for fans of John Green.
I AM NOT STUPID FUNNY.
I AM STUPID FAST.
My name is Felton Reinstein, which is not a fast name. But last November, my voice finally dropped and I grew all this hair and then I got stupid fast. Fast like a donkey. Zing!
Now they want me, the guy they used to call Squirrel Nut, to try out for the football team. With the jocks. But will that fix my mom? Make my brother stop dressing like a pirate? Most important, will it get me girls—especially Aleah?
So I train. And I run. And I sneak off to Aleah's house in the night. But deep down I know I can't run forever. And I wonder what will happen when I finally have to stop.
Perfect for readers looking for:
•teen sports books
•a bullying book to spark conversations
•books for teenage boys 14-16
Also in this series:
Nothing Special (Book 2)
I'm With Stupid (Book 3)
Praise for Stupid Fast:
"Whip-smart and painfully self-aware, "Stupid Fast" is a funny and agonizing glimpse into the teenage brain. . . .In that gap between being big and being grown-up lies a lot of the best young-adult fiction, including Geoff Herbach's painfully funny debut, "Stupid Fast."—The Star Tribune
"Reading Felton's thoughts, feelings, fears, and frustrations are sometimes funny as well as touching, revealing his gentle and sensitive side amidst the stupid. This title provides a great read for all teen and adult readers. I loved this!"—Library Media Connection, *STARRED REVIEW*
"A rare mix of raw honesty and hilarity. Stupid Fast is Stupid Good!" —Peter Bognanni, author of The House of Tomorrow
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Adult author Herbach (The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg) delivers an alternately fascinating and awkward novel that sometimes seems to exist in denial of its own characters. Felton Reinstein's late puberty during his sophomore year turned him into an incredible runner, which has landed him on both the track and football teams. Socially isolated, he is resigned to a lonely summer with his unpredictable widowed mother and piano-prodigy younger brother. But things become complicated as Felton meets beautiful new girl Aleah, he is drawn into the football team's summer workouts, and his home life disintegrates. Herbach's story would be typical but for a narrative style that clearly paints Felton as developmentally disabled ("I sweated in my tight jeans because it was summer. I smelled the pee-smell of my own athlete's body"). This offers potential, but it's wasted by the denial practiced by practically everyone he deals with, including his mother (who, admittedly, has problems of her own). Instead of coming across as an actual element of his character, Felton's narrative voice reads as merely "quirky," and it creates issues that aren't adequately addressed. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Highly recommended for teens!
"Stupid fast" by Geoff Herbach is a book I will read many times more. Felton Reinstein, the main character, goes from joke to jock in the course of one summer. Felton's only friend went away for the summer leaving him alone to do nothing. His life changed drastically over the summer, puberty hits, he found he had grew big and fast. The people who once bullied Felton look at him different and at home everything plummeted. The happy house that Felton once knew was now depressing, he's popular with his former bullies, and low and behold Felton has a girlfriend. This book definitely shows you what a teenager who has just hit puberty might go through. It's an inside look to what's really going on. -Madisson Magdaleno
Stupid Fabulous
FINALLY a book that doesn't sugar coat REAL life gives all the detail no matter how un appealing that may be to some people, its honest, funny, just overall AWESOME!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!
Highly recommended for teens, and young adults
To the people who are reading this review. This book is great and wish that you buy it. If you love sports especially track and football, you'll love it. Buy the book or you are missing out.