Antsy Does Time
Fueled by friendship and sympathy, Antsy Bonano signs a month of his life over to his ?dying? classmate Gunnar Umlaut. Soon everyone at school follows suit, giving new meaning to the idea of ?living on borrowed time.? But does Gunnar really have six months to live, or is news of his imminent...
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Fueled by friendship and sympathy, Antsy Bonano signs a month of his life over to his ?dying? classmate Gunnar Umlaut. Soon everyone at school follows suit, giving new meaning to the idea of ?living on borrowed time.? But does Gunnar really have six months to live, or is news of his imminent death greatly exaggerated? When a family member suffers a heart attack after donating two years to Gunnar, Antsy wonders if he has tempted fate by playing God. Fans of ?the Schwa? will welcome favorite and new characters in this wholly fresh tale, which is as touchingly poignant as it is darkly comical.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780525478256 (0525478256)
Publish date: September 18th 2008
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Pages no: 247
Edition language: English
Series: Antsy Bonano (#2)
Wasn't able to track down the first book in this sequence, but it's pretty seamless to jump in on this second one. Worldbuilding is smooth and convincing, to the point that you almost might miss the fact that a lot of the stuff referenced actually happened in a second book, and isn't just stage dres...
Ansty Does Time. A couple of words to describe this books: quirky, funny, and strange. The first book is still my favorite but this one can hold it’s own in terms of its quirk factor. In it Ansty meets a couple of strange fellows. There’s the one who is dying, and then there’s his popular older sist...
Well, I think I have to face the fact that Unwind is – and probably always will be – Neal Shusterman's best book. But it does still astound me that he can write both books that make me cry my eyes out and books that make me fall out of my chair laughing. Antsy Does Time did more of the latter, altho...
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