Smedley's Secret Guide to World Literature by Jonathan Levy Wainwright, IV Age 15

Hyper-savvy and cyber-sexed, fifteen-year old Jonathan has more than just female troubles. Suspended from school thanks to an inexcusable misstep--and with his family imploding around him--he's packed off to Manhattan to care for his high-living, once- glamorous godfather, who's had a stroke. Formerly attorney to the dimmer stars, the "GF" has skeletons that refuse to stay in the closet. Jonathan's own family also has secrets he wishes he didn't know. To forget them he dives into an...
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Hyper-savvy and cyber-sexed, fifteen-year old Jonathan has more than just female troubles. Suspended from school thanks to an inexcusable misstep--and with his family imploding around him--he's packed off to Manhattan to care for his high-living, once- glamorous godfather, who's had a stroke. Formerly attorney to the dimmer stars, the "GF" has skeletons that refuse to stay in the closet. Jonathan's own family also has secrets he wishes he didn't know. To forget them he dives into an assignment forced on him by his father. A poet who teaches at the "Big H," he's tasked Jonathan with writing a history of literature in the age of Twitter. But the siren song of the city keeps him distracted. In a penthouse over Central Park, Jonathan meets the nubile (and worldly) Mirabai, and his life threatens to take a sharp turn. Along the way, he has his say about parents, love, sex, friendship, art, and the world at large.