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The Schwa was here

A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shusterman, Neal
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Self-perception > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
Physical Description:	228 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN:	0525471820 (hardcover) :
Author Notes:	Neal Shusterman was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 12, 1962. He received degrees in psychology and drama from the University of California, Irvine. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal and a screenwriting job. He has written numerous books including The Dark Side of Nowhere, Red Rider's Hood, The Shadow Club, The Shadow Club Rising, The Eyes of Kid Midas, Shattered Sky, Unwind, and Antsy Does Time. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2015 for Challenger Deep. He also writes several series including the Skinjacker Trilogy, the Star Shards Chronicles, and the Unwind Dystology. As a screen and television writer, he has written for the Goosebumps and Animorphs television series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie Pixel Perfect. (Bowker Author Biography)