When Caitlyn Breen enters the tiny Mitchell School in r. I’ve also co-written books with some interesting folks, including Positive, with Paige Rawl, The Keeper, with Tim Howard, and a new project with a fascinating molecular biologist whose work saved millions of lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read 420 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. I’ve also written children’s books, including the international bestseller and multiple award winner, The Thing About Jellyfish, and The Next Great Paulie Fink, which was named a best-of-year by Parents Magazine, Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, and the New York Public Library. People Magazine called The Smash-Up a cross between Edith Wharton and Where’d You Go Bernadette: “A fun, timely novel that’s unexpectedly full of hope.” Booklist called The Smash-Up “a contemporary reflection on power and sex.”Īmy Bloom called the book “Sharply funny, perceptive, and surprising at every turn, The Smash-Up is a story that’s acid-etched and full of heart.” Library Journal called it “a fantastic adult debut…(a) timely, witty novel.” Publishers Weekly observed, “With satire and suspense, Benjamin handily encapsulates the incomprehension, sadness, and rage of the Trump era.” In this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isnt easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster.When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new. The New York Times called it “exhilarating” and “mesmerizing,” and chose the book for its Group Text selection. It’s the story of a family whose quiet, content rural life is rocked by the culture wars and a breezy, devil-may-care houseguest. My latest book is The Smash Up, my adult debut.

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