We Are the Ants

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Synopsis

From the "author to watch" (Kirkus Reviews) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a brand-new novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.

Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button. Only he isn't sure he wants to. After all, life hasn't been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer's. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend's suicide last year.

Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him. But Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it...or let the world--and his pain--be destroyed forever.

Copyright:
2016

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
464 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781481449656
Related ISBNs:
9781481449649
Publisher:
Simon Pulse
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Simon Pulse
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Psychology
Grade Levels:
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:
14 and up
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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