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4.5/5 Barnes & Noble Pages 228 pp OCLC 54852781 Publisher Dutton Penguin | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date 2004 ISBN 978-0-525-47182-0 Originally published 2004 Genre Young adult fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Characters Anthony Bonano, Calvin Schwa, Old Man Crawley, Lexis Crawley, Howie Bogerton, Ira Goldfarb Similar Neal Shusterman books, Young adult fiction books, Friendship books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The schwa was here by neal shusterman
The Schwa Was Here is a young adult novel by Neal Shusterman, published by Dutton Penguin in 2004. It is about an eighth-grader's friendship with another student named Calvin Schwa, who goes almost completely unnoticed by the people around him.
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The book received critical acclaim upon its release, receiving a starred review from School Library Journal and a positive review from Booklist. It also received the 2005 Boston Globe/Horn Book Magazine award for fiction and poetry.
The book has reportedly been optioned by The Disney Channel for a telefilm project. Shusterman, who worked with the channel on the project Pixel Perfect, was lined up to write the script for the project.
This book has also been adapted into a three act play by Kory Howard, and was performed for the first time ever in February by the Manti High School Theatre Department.