The Zigzag Kid A Novel [Paperback]

David Grossman's classic novelsSee Under: LoveandThe Book of Intimate Grammar, earned him international acclaim as an author of childhood.The Zig Zag Kidis written in a more optimistic vein, and recounts thirteen-year-old Nonny Feuerberg's picturesque journey into adulthood. As Nonny's Bar Mitzvah year trip turns into an amazing adventure, he not only finds himself befriending a notorious criminal, and a great actress, but confronts the great mystery of his own identity.

With wit and humor,The Zig Zag Kidis a novel that explores the most fundamental questions of good and evil and speaks directly to both adults and teenagers.

David Grossman's delightful novel of adolescent initiation is a kind of contemporary urban fairy tale...In a style that is part comic-book adventure and part universal myth...His story of innocence transformed is so cleverly elaborated--and so touchingly true--that it is difficult not to cheer. San Francisco Chronicle

Lighthearted and funny, a book of enormous charm. The New York Times

This is a fantasy that delights, surprises, and reveals. The Boston Sunday Globe

This nimble picaresque variously suggestsThe Arabian Nightsand Dr. Seuss in the glee with which it darts from one outlandish event to the next...Grossman explores universal concerns with wit and lightness. The Village Voice