About This Book

Wake up to the perks of being an emigre wallflower in this off-the-wall new novel!

Jupiter was born in Russia, but he's getting quite an education in America.  He sees everything slightly askew  — but in a way that's endearing to (most) of his fellow students. A popular girl takes him under her wing.  He falls for her.  A bully sets him as a target.  But Jupiter disarms him in an unexpected way.  His best friend ends up hanging out with a posse of science geeks.  Jupiter feels left out.  And his parents — well, his parents are struggling to hold the family together.  Sometimes Jupiter even helps out.

With dead-on deadpan humor, Matthue Roth makes everything illuminated about American teen life — like Borat...as directed by John Hughes.  High school literature will never be the same.

"...honest views of popularity, parental disappointment, and self-image." — Booklist