Who says youth is wasted on the young? Jasper wants to get on in the world, but life is distracting. He's got his A - levels to contend with, his mother pushing him to overachieve, weekly visits to his psychologist, come - downs, YouTube suicides and pregnant one - night - stands. And then there's his step - dad - the murderer. Hilarious and heartbreaking by turns, GROW UP is the ultimate twenty - first - century coming - of - age novel. It paints a vivid portrait of the pills and thrills and bellyaches of growing up today. Funny, smart and twisted, it is the story of one young man transformed.