Stupid Fast [Paperback]

<strong>Praise for <em>Stupid Fast</em></strong><br>"A rare mix of raw honesty and hilarity. <em>Stupid Fast</em>is Stupid Good!" -Peter Bognanni, author of <em>The House of Tomorrow</em><br><br>I AM NOT STUPID FUNNY.<br>I AM STUPID FAST.<br><br>My name is Felton Reinstein, which is not a fast name. But last November, my voice finally dropped and I grew all this hair and then I got stupid fast. Fast like a donkey. Zing!<br><br>Now they want me, the guy they used to call Squirrel Nut, to try out for the football team. With the jocks. But will that fix my mom? Make my brother stop dressing like a pirate? Most important, will it get me girls-especially Aleah? <br><br>So I train. And I run. And I sneak off to Aleah's house in the night. But deep down I know I can't run forever. And I wonder what will happen when I finally have to stop.<p><b>Geoff Herbach </b>is a novelist, but he also loves writing for performance. He co-created PowderKeg Live! and is also the co-founder of The Lit 6 Project, a group dedicated to bringing literary storytelling to broader audiences. He teaches creative writing at Minnesota State University-Mankato. Visit geoffherbach.com</p><p><b>CHAPTER 1: NOW</b></p><p>This could be a dark tale!</p><p>It's not. </p><p>I don't think so. </p><p>Maybe. </p><p>I can't sleep. It's 1:03 a.m. Almost September. The weather is warm, even though it's football season. There's this huge moon in the sky, but I can't see it from the basement, where my bedroom is. I saw it plenty.</p><p>Tonight.</p><p>Dark tale? My dad did commit suicide. </p><p>Not so dark? I'm me. I hop up and down.</p><p>Where to start? </p><p>Not in the '70s, when Jerri was a little girl. Not ten years ago, when I was five and found Dad dead in the garage. How about lalóµ