Firecracker

In this “hilarious and witty” (Seventeen) tragicomedy from New Girl and SNL writer David Iserson, a rebellious outcast seeks revenge after being strong-armed into attending public school.

“Not your everyday poor-little-rich-girl story.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Thoroughly amusing. . . . Readers who enjoyed the pranks played in John Green’s Looking for Alaska will see the similarity and notice the universal fire of youth anew.”—VOYA

Being Astrid Krieger is absolutely all it’s cracked up to be. Astrid Krieger lives in a rocket ship in the backyard of her parents’ estate. She was kicked out the elite Bristol Academy and she’s intent on her own special kind of revenge to whoever betrayed her. She only loves her grandfather, an incredibly rich politician who makes his money building nuclear warheads.

But Astrid is a rather atypical spoiled-little-rich-girl.

Her beloved grandfather taught her early on that “forgiveness is for those too weak to hold a grudge,” and it’s a motto she swears by. Yet despite her acerbic exterior, Astrid’s no match for the monster that is public school. With the help of a guy named Noah, a girl named Summer Wonder, and Pierre-whose-real-name-is-Lucas, Astrid will receive a lesson in humility and discover that perhaps she doesn’t always know best, after all.