I Crawl Through It, A.S. King
I Crawl Through It, A.S. King
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I Crawl Through It

Author: A.S. King

Narrator: A.S. King

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2024


Synopsis

From the Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of Dig comes a story about four teenagers as they navigate the pressures of high-stakes modern education and the standardization tests that will define their futures.

“At once a statement on the culture of modern schools as well as mental health issues, this novel is an ambitious, haunting work of art.”—School Library Journal, starred review

“It’s bizarre, compelling, and not like anything else.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Four accomplished teenagers are on the verge of explosion. The anxieties they face at every turn have pushed them to the point of surrender: senseless high-stakes testing, the lingering damage of trauma, the buried grief and guilt of tragic loss. They are desperate to cope—but no one is listening. So they will lie. They will split in two. They will turn inside out. They will build an invisible helicopter to fly themselves far away . . . but nothing releases the pressure. Because, as they discover, the only way to truly escape their world is to fly right into it.

Reviews

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on October 03, 2020

i think i understood this book but that doesn't mean that it really worked for me. i think i did myself a disservice reading Dig by the same author before this one. because i think that one had a very similar method of storytelling with a more clear and concise message. i understand that this is suppo......more

Goodreads review by Lala on December 23, 2015

Straight up, you'll either love this or just not get it. I can see both sides, but AS King is the one for me. This book was everything and surrealist fiction is my new normal.......more

Goodreads review by Kim on April 26, 2015

A.S. King's upcoming novel, October 2015. At first I thought "departure"--but I think now, it's more EVOLUTION of her style in her earlier realistic novels. Stanzi, China, Lansdale face issues like those that derail Vera, Lucky, Astrid, Glory. The world is still indifferent to their traumas. They ar......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on April 15, 2015

I cannot decide if this was the most bizarre or most brilliant book I have ever read. I think it was about some terribly traumatic things that can happen while you're a teen. I think it was about the pressure and stress of growing up in this fast-paced, high pressure world. There may or may not have......more

Goodreads review by catherine ♡ on April 09, 2017

Actual Rating: 2 I Crawl Through It follows several different characters: Gustav, the boy who is building an invisible helicopter. China, who has swallowed herself. Swanzi, who has a split personality. And Lansdale, who can't stop lying. This was quite possibly the most bizarre book I've ever read. There......more