Antsy Does Time - Neil Shusterman

The last post was about Unwind and this one is about another Shusterman novel, Antsy Does Time. For those of you who are die hard Shusterman fans, Antsy is a character you will recognize from The Schwa Was Here.



In Antsy Does Time, the main character, Antsy continues his relationships with his buddies, Ira and Howie, Mr. Crawley (described as "very rich, very selfish, and generally mean"), and Lexie, Mr. Crawley's granddaughter. The new twist is that Gunnar Umlaut, another of Antsy's (or Anthony) classmates announces that he is dying of a disease called Pulmonary Monocis Systemia. Coincidentally, Gunnar's sister, Kjersten (pronounced Kirsten), two years older than Antsy and a member of the tennis team, develops a relationship with Antsy. The question is....does she like Antsy for who he is? Or does she like Antsy for what he is trying to do for her brother?



Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from the novel....About Antsy's first kiss “She finally pulls away, and I say – I swear I actually say this: “Do you want your gum back, or should I keep it?” Or how about this description of Mr. Crawley....“He’s the kind of guy who’d hand out vomit-inducing candy on Halloween, and then sell Pepto-Bismol across the street at jacked up prices.”



This Lone Star book has tons of twists and turns and I promise it is worth the read. Check it out and let me know what you think.....Once you've read Unwind and Antsy Does Time, you'll be shaking your head like me! How could such different novels come from the same author?