![]() ![]() The Lambda Literary Foundation and Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) also praised the book for its thematic contents. The novel is never didactic on the contrary, it is unfailingly dramatic and crackling with characters who become real upon the page." ![]() Booklist further explained, "Hutchinson’s excellent novel of ideas invites readers to wonder about their place in a world that often seems uncaring and meaningless. Kirkus called the book "itterly funny, with a ray of hope amid bleakness." Shelf Awareness echoed the sentiment, calling the novel "bracingly smart and unusual." As if explaining the book's unusualness, School Library Journal compared the storyline and writing style to Nick Burd’s The Vast Fields of Ordinary and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five. The book was generally well-received by critics, including starred reviews from Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness. However, he's not sure Earth is worth saving until he meets Diego, an artist with a troubled past. Henry is abducted by aliens and has 144 days to decide whether to push a button that will save the Earth from alien destruction. The book follows Henry, whose boyfriend recently committed suicide. ![]() We Are the Ants is a young adult science fiction novel by Shaun David Hutchinson, published Januby Simon Pulse with a 24-page companion story, “What We Pretend to Be”, published on the publisher's website, Riveted, later that year. ![]()
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