Acclaimed as one of America's funniest novels
"Being fourteen and coming of age was never this hilarious." --L.A. TIMES
Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist whose ongoing struggles to unite with his "One and Only Love" lead to ever-escalating mayhem.
Main Street Books, 497 pages.
[Contains Books 1, 2, and 3]
Also available with movie tie-in cover.
"This hilarious sequel will delight readers with its cast of eccentric teenagers, as will Nick's avaricious appetite for adjectives." -- BOOKLIST
More comic misadventures of America's most misunderstood rebel. Picks up right where Youth in Revolt left off.
Broadway Books, 273 pages
[Book 4]
The revolt continues as Nick and his girlfriend duck the FBI and assorted angry parents by escaping to Paris. Try as he might to lie low, blend in, and even learn a little French, Nick soon finds himself the elusive target of a storm of European media attention. Oui, he's in a pickle!
Infinity Publishing, 287 pages
[Book 5]
So what happened to Nick after that fateful last day in Paris? A new generation of Twisps investigates these mysteries and more in this rollicking conclusion. Like Nick, young Noel Wescott strives for love and escape, but soon finds his life veering wildly out of control.
Infinity Publishing, 269 pages
[Book 6]
Fans of Youth in Revolt rejoice! Here restored at last are nearly 100 pages of text cut from current editions -- each keyed to the page from which it was deleted. Now you can discover what really happened to Lefty in Book II and much more. Also collected here are a dozen short humor pieces by C.D. Payne.
(Available used only)