“It’s kind of just becoming a ‘thing’ now. It’s the new book to read.” That’s how one 16-year-old describes America (The Book), the textbook parody by John Stewart and the writers of his Daily Show. As Greg Toppo reports in a USA Today story, the book was expected to be a hit with Stewart’s “fan base of people in their 20s and 30s,” but it’s also developing a huge following amongst “high schoolers who have spent years slogging through the books it spoofs.” One think tank expert says the book is getting kids interested in history and will undoubtedly start showing up in schools—although due to its “off-color” nature, it won’t be assigned officially. He says, “It’s going to be passed around, and (kids) will probably try to bait their teachers with it.”