We Are The Ants
"Henry Denton doesn’t know why the aliens chose to abduct him when he was thirteen, and he doesn’t know why they continue to steal him from his bed and take him aboard their ship. He doesn’t know why the world is going to end or why the aliens have offered him the opportunity to avert the...
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"Henry Denton doesn’t know why the aliens chose to abduct him when he was thirteen, and he doesn’t know why they continue to steal him from his bed and take him aboard their ship. He doesn’t know why the world is going to end or why the aliens have offered him the opportunity to avert the impending disaster by pressing a big red button. But they have. And they’ve only give
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Edition language: English
Since there are over 1,000 reviews on Goodreads, I’m not sure what I can I say that hasn't already been said except this is probably one of the best books, if not the best, that I'll read all year. Henry Jerome Denton takes us through all of the traumas and trials that a teenager could face from bul...
4,5 starsThoroughly enjoyable. I don't have first hand experience of losing someone to suicide or of being in an abusive relationship, but I felt like this was a very good representation on what going through those things could be like. I especially thought that Henry and Marcus' relationship was po...
Another free Riveted Lit read down for the marathon! Content Warning: Suicide, Death, Depression, Abuse, Rape, Bigotry, Violent Bullying, Closeted Homophobe Commits Hate Crime, I don’t know how to feel about this one. It wasn’t bad, but I didn’t love it like everyone else. It tackles several seriou...
3.5This is that review that I just keep putting off. I'm not quite sure why I didn't like this book more. Maybe it was just not the right time. It's got so much going for it that I should be able to appreciate -- a message about the beauty of life even when sucky things happen, a sci-fi subplot that...
April 7 - 18 There are a few things Henry Denton knows, and a few things he doesn’t.Henry knows that his mom is struggling to keep the family together, and coping by chain-smoking cigarettes. He knows that his older brother is a college dropout with a pregnant girlfriend. He knows that he is slowly ...