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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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This book was partly about finding yourself and not judging others. very YA. although better than most YA. I would have liked more of an explanation about the aliens though...maybe a mental health book?
Books dealing with suicide have been big lately and I'm starting to reach my saturation point. (In the past month alone, I've read two - both very different but each excellent , More Happy Than Not and The Memory of Light.)
That doesn't stop this book from also being very good, it just makes parts of it blend together with previous works, at least in my mind. Other parts stand out as distinctly unique, like the alien abduction and end of the world scenarios. There are also plenty of poignant mom ...more
That doesn't stop this book from also being very good, it just makes parts of it blend together with previous works, at least in my mind. Other parts stand out as distinctly unique, like the alien abduction and end of the world scenarios. There are also plenty of poignant mom ...more
My review: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/...
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If Andrew Smith and Benjamin Alire Saénz ever had a baby, it would be this book.
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