"The Schwa was Here" by: Neal Shusterman is about Antsy who meets a kid named Calvin Schwa who is creatively nick-named the Schwa. The Schwa has a special "ability" to go completely unnoticed in public. Once they've met Antsy becomes a complete user and convinces Calvin to rob a guy, called Crawley who owns a restaurant named Crawley's...of course. After the Schwa has broken in, he gets caught by Crawley's guard dogs. As a consequence Antsy and Calvin have to walk his dogs. In the process Crawley makes both of them walk around with his granddaughter named Lexie...oh...did I mention she was blind? Things begin to get competitive when the two boys fight over Lexie. Their fighting causes Schwa to run away from home to find his mother that disappeared many years ago just when he was a little boy. To find out what happens next, you'll have to read the book for yourself.
l, this book was very eye opening because it makes you wonder if people actually feel so excluded that they seem like Calvin.The story itself was very different as well. It was very different because of how the characters were completely random and just...weird. The reason why this book is so good, is the fact that it isn't have any ideas or characters than any other teen novel has today. For example, Calvin is so "normal" that he appears to be invisible sometimes and two boys are competing for a beautiful blind girl. I would highly recommend that you read this book because of how different it is.
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Sounds like a very interesting book. It also sounds like something I would read. I have only ever seen this book once and that was your copy, so it also seems rather hard to find. Very cool. Thanks for not spoiling to much, and I will have to read it some time.
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