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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting basis for a story.  Eighth-grader &quot;Antsy&quot; Bonano recounts how his accidental relationship with three quirky characters winds up being mutually beneficial. The catalyst in this social collision is Calvin Schwa, a classmate who has an almost supernatural knack for going comp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28738305">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My sis and I read this and its <br/>AMAZING!!!<br/>Never again will I know a book so cool... unless I read it again hehehehehehe. FabulOUS book FO SHO, recommended to anyone with the ability to read. Love Jessie and Meghan the cooliest and most thorough book reviewers ever!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Have you ever met someone who you forget about completely the next day? You couldn't pick him out of a line-up or anything. It's like he was just wiped out of your mind.<br/><br/>Enter Calvin &quot;The Schwa&quot; Schwa. The Schwa is what his three friends call &quot;observationally challenged&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68224802">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Allison Fraclose for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Anthony &quot;Antsy&quot; Bonano can't really figure out what's wrong with The Schwa. His classmate, Calvin Schwa, has always just been...around.<br/><br/>A nondescript face on a nondescript kid, The Schwa always seems to just blend into...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67079636">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Calvin Schwa (like the ‘uh’ sound symbolized by the upside down ‘e’) is functionally invisible – people’s eyes slide right over him.  Anthony (‘Antsy’) Bonano gets Calvin to use his talent as a money-making scheme – kids place bets on what the Schwa can get away with (without peopl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49160017">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure what I think about this book.  The concept was original and the writing was great.  The Brooklyn accent of the narrator (Antsy) was not overdone, but seemed natural enough that as I read I could clearly hear Brooklyn in my mind.<br/><br/>Was this a comedy? fantasy? allegory? a combina...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38470811">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[        Calvin Schwa is never seen by anyone. Rumor has it that his match the color of the sky, and that if you look long enough, you can see what's written on the wall behind him. But story is not about him, it's about Antsy Bonano, his real name is Anthony. Everyone calls Calvin &quot;The Schwa&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75074597">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The two main characters in this book are Antsy (Anthony) and the Schwa (Calvin Schwa). I think that in Antsy's point of view, he is really trying to find out the who the person in himself really is. Once he meets the Schwa, he really likes him, but after a while they aren't as close of friends as th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72940242">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<u> The Schwa Was Here </u><br/>Neal Shusterman<br/>Puffin Books<br/>228 Pages<br/>copyright 2004<br/><br/><pre> </pre>  Have you ever feet invisible in a crowd? Tried everything to make yourself stand out, only to attract little/no attention? That's how Calvin Schwa, of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn felt. It wasn't un...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62833994">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[They say his clothes blend into the background, no matter where  he stands. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thing’s  for sure: no one ever noticed him. Except me. My name is Antsy  Bonano—and I was the one who realized the Schwa was &quot;functionally  invisible&quot; and used him to make some big bucks. But I was  also the one who caused him more grief than a friend should. So if  you all just shut up and listen, I’ll tell you everything there is to  know about the Schwa, from how he got his name, to what really  happened with his mom. I’ll spill everything. Unless, of course, &quot;the  Schwa Effect&quot; wipes him out of my brain before I’m done . . . .]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Schwa Was Here is about a boy who is semi- invisible and most people don't notice him. His name is Calvin Schwa. The main character, Anthony (aka Antsy) Bonano, and his friends Howie and Ira meet Calvin for the first time while testing to see if they can destroy an &quot;indestructable&quot; pla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67358923">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Schwa Was Here is an interesting but weird fiction story by Neil Shusterman about an 8th grade boy named Calvin Schwa (“The Schwa”) and his friend Anthony Bonano (“Antsy”) and their friends set in Brooklyn, New York.<br/>I found the book difficult to stay with. The plot took too many we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42402108">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's not really the book's fault that I didn't finish.  It really was kind of a cool story about a kid who is &quot;functionally invisible.&quot;  Basically you CAN see him, but people just generally fail to notice him.  It's a cool plot device at the beginning because it allows him and his friends ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61835467">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[They say his clothes blend into the background, no matter where  he stands. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thing’s  for sure: no one ever noticed him. Except me. My name is Antsy  Bonano—and I was the one who realized the Schwa was &quot;functionally  invisible&quot; and used him to make some big bucks. But I was  also the one who caused him more grief than a friend should. So if  you all just shut up and listen, I’ll tell you everything there is to  know about the Schwa, from how he got his name, to what really  happened with his mom. I’ll spill everything. Unless, of course, &quot;the  Schwa Effect&quot; wipes him out of my brain before I’m done . . . .]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very good book with lots of laughs but sometimes is sad. This is the schwa was here. the schwa is Calvin Schwa that no one notices The schwa effect is weird it makes it so you don't remember him or sometimes see him. but the weird thing is the main person is a new friend who at the first p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47693341">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My ten-year-old son discovered and read this book, and urged me to read it, too. So glad I did. First of all, it's an ideal book for boys, especially boys who have yet to find a niche for themselves. They're not sports kids, tech kids, art kids, they're kids who feel a little lost in the land of lab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79186265">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a fun book that taught a very important lesson on how to never ignore people, no matter who they are. I suggest this book for seventh graders-it is a very easy read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was just alright for me.  Similar to Maniac Magee in the fact it has a mythic character, but not as mythic....]]></body>
    
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