

The Schwa Was Here
Author: Neal Shusterman
Narrator: Neal Shusterman
Unabridged: 6 hr
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 08/12/2008
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, School & Education
Author: Neal Shusterman
Narrator: Neal Shusterman
Unabridged: 6 hr
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 08/12/2008
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, School & Education
Award-winning author and screenwriter Neal Shusterman began his writing career shortly after graduation from college, when his humor column was picked up by a national feature syndicate. In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist. His books have been honored with awards from the IRA, the ALA, and many states. His novels span many genres, from suspense thrillers to science fiction to true crime to social satire. As a screenwriter Neal writes original scripts as well as adaptations of his novels for film and TV. Neal lives in Southern California with his four children.
There's a story I tell in trainings about a high school where teachers were given a list of students and asked to put a gold star next to students they knew. At the end of the day, the result was a classic bell curve: a small group of over-achievers known by all, a larger group of average kids known......more
Now Shusterman's Unwind was edgy and mind-boggling (and terrifying in its premise), but I can't say the writing itself was my favorite. In this book, however, I fell in love with the narrative voice. Shusterman showed great skill in creating a character whose first-person narration painted such a cl......more
OMG! I can't believe I lucked out again! Last year it was Holes and this year started out with this superfun read. The reason I picked this one was that I knew this was about the closest I'd ever get to reading about a character with the same name as mine :P Moving on to matters of lesser consequence......more
The Schwa was Here was my first book by Neal Shusterman that I read. The librarian at my school recommended it to me, and although I don't usually read recommended books because my list is so long anyways, I was so entertained by the title of chapter one ("Manny Bullpucky Gets His Sorry Butt Hurled......more
I remember hearing so much about this when it first came out, and then I didn't get a chance to read it, and suddenly it seemed like there was just so MUCH Shusterman out there, most of it straight up sci fi, that I sort of forgot that this one existed, and was written by him. It just faded from my......more
“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