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The Schwa Was Here

Author Neal Shusterman
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On sale Aug 12, 2008 | 6 Hours and 1 Minute | 9780739372364
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This audiobook follows eigth-grader "Antsy" Bonano as he looks back on three accidental, but beneficial friendships with a few interesting characters, including the often ignored, Calvin Schwa.
Neal Shusterman is an award-winning author and screenwriter.  He lives in Southern California with his four children. View titles by Neal Shusterman
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    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
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    ALA Notable Book
  • WINNER
    Horn Book Award
  • WINNER
    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
“Eighth-grader ‘Antsy’ Bonano recounts how his accidental relationship with three quirky characters winds up being mutually beneficial. Antsy tells his story in a bubbly Beastie Boys-meets-Bugs Bunny Brooklynese that keeps the pages flipping, and Shusterman’s characters…are infused with the kind of controlled, precocious improbability that magically vivifies the finest children’s classics.”—School Library Journal, starred review

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This audiobook follows eigth-grader "Antsy" Bonano as he looks back on three accidental, but beneficial friendships with a few interesting characters, including the often ignored, Calvin Schwa.

Author

Neal Shusterman is an award-winning author and screenwriter.  He lives in Southern California with his four children. View titles by Neal Shusterman

Awards

  • WINNER
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
  • WINNER
    ALA Notable Book
  • WINNER
    Horn Book Award
  • WINNER
    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

Praise

“Eighth-grader ‘Antsy’ Bonano recounts how his accidental relationship with three quirky characters winds up being mutually beneficial. Antsy tells his story in a bubbly Beastie Boys-meets-Bugs Bunny Brooklynese that keeps the pages flipping, and Shusterman’s characters…are infused with the kind of controlled, precocious improbability that magically vivifies the finest children’s classics.”—School Library Journal, starred review

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