Spontaneous
Aaron Starmer
3.41 · 17 ratings · Published: 23 Aug 2016
Mara Carlyle’s senior year at Covington High in suburban New Jersey is going on as normally as could be expected, until the day—wa-bam!—fellow senior Katelyn Ogden explodes during third period pre-calc. Katelyn is the first, but she won’t be the last senior to spontaneously combust without warning or explanation. The body count grows and the search is on for a reason—Terrorism! Drugs! Homosexuality! Government conspiracy!—while the seniors continue to pop like balloons.
Mara narrates the end of their world as she knows it with tell-it-like-it-is insight as she tries to make it to graduation in one piece through an explosive year punctuated by romance, quarantine, lifelong friendship, hallucinogenic mushrooms, bloggers, ice cream trucks, “Snooze Button™,” Bon Jovi, and the filthiest language you’ve ever heard the President of the United States use over Skype.
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- contemporary 3
- funny 3
- mystery 3
- high-school 3
- coming of age 3
- friendship 2
- horror 2
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- comedy 2
- teens 2
- dystopia 1
- supernatural 1
- sad 1
- drama 1
- grief 1
- family 1
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- young adult 3
- audiobook 2
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- death / grief 2
- substance abuse 1