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October: The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
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Aliens have told Henry Denton that the world will end in 144 days and given him the chance to save it in the form of a big red button, but is it even worth saving? Real and heartbreaking, We Are the Ants chronicles Henry's life as he decides whether his dysfunctional family, his abusive recurring one-night-stand, and the mysterious new boy at school are worth saving, if it means living in a world without the boyfriend who committed suicide the year before. A wonderful story of love, grief, frien
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woah. I wouldn't really say this book is science fiction (I probably wouldn't point a hard core sci-fi reader to it), but it is wonderful. Henry makes depression seem very real and understandable in a way that most characters don't (at least in teen fiction). Also there are aliens, but they're mostly peripheral.
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If Andrew Smith and Benjamin Alire Saénz ever had a baby, it would be this book.
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