The Schwa was Here
Author: Shusterman, Neal
ISBN: 9780142405772
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 02 Mar 2006
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The Printz Honor award-winning author ofPlt;iPgt; ScythePlt;/iPgt; presents a quirky young adult novel, one teen boy holds the secret power of invisibilityP#8212;and the other sees him. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Antsy tells his story in a bubbly Beastie Boys-meets-Bugs Bunny Brooklynese that keeps the pages flipping.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;School Library JournalPlt;/iPgt;, starred reviewPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;This is the kind of offbeat story I love best.P#8221;P#8212;Gordon Korman, author of Plt;iPgt;Son of the MobPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Tantalizing . . . a little off-balance, a little smudged and smirky.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;Time Out New York KidsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;They say if you stare at him long enough, you can see whatP#8217;s written on the wall behind him. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thingP#8217;s for sure: no one ever noticed him.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Except me. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;My name is Antsy BonanoP#8212;and I can tell you whatP#8217;s true and whatP#8217;s not, P#8216;cause I was there. I was the one who realized the Schwa was P#8220;functionally invisibleP#8221; and used it to make some big bugs. But I was also the one who caused him more grief than a friend should. So if you all just shut up and listen, IP#8217;ll spill everything. Unless, of course, P#8220;the Schwa EffectP#8221; wipes him out of my brain before IP#8217;m done . . .
ISBN: 9780142405772
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 02 Mar 2006
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The Printz Honor award-winning author ofPlt;iPgt; ScythePlt;/iPgt; presents a quirky young adult novel, one teen boy holds the secret power of invisibilityP#8212;and the other sees him. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Antsy tells his story in a bubbly Beastie Boys-meets-Bugs Bunny Brooklynese that keeps the pages flipping.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;School Library JournalPlt;/iPgt;, starred reviewPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;This is the kind of offbeat story I love best.P#8221;P#8212;Gordon Korman, author of Plt;iPgt;Son of the MobPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Tantalizing . . . a little off-balance, a little smudged and smirky.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;Time Out New York KidsPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;They say if you stare at him long enough, you can see whatP#8217;s written on the wall behind him. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thingP#8217;s for sure: no one ever noticed him.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Except me. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;My name is Antsy BonanoP#8212;and I can tell you whatP#8217;s true and whatP#8217;s not, P#8216;cause I was there. I was the one who realized the Schwa was P#8220;functionally invisibleP#8221; and used it to make some big bugs. But I was also the one who caused him more grief than a friend should. So if you all just shut up and listen, IP#8217;ll spill everything. Unless, of course, P#8220;the Schwa EffectP#8221; wipes him out of my brain before IP#8217;m done . . .
