From the author to watch ( Kirkus Reviews ) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes an equal parts sarcastic and profound ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.
Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it...or let the world--and his pain--be destroyed forever..
But Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class.
Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him.
And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend\'s suicide last year.
His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer\'s.
His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up.
His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke.
After all, life hasn\'t been great for Henry.
Only he isn\'t sure he wAnts to.
Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button.
Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens.
From the author to watch ( Kirkus Reviews ) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes an equal parts sarcastic and profound ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving
