We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it.or let the world-and his pain-be destroyed forever. Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him.īut Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. S&S/Simon Pulse, 17. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend's suicide last year. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer's. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. In Shaun David Hutchinson’s wry and sly coming-of-age novel, We Are the Ants, published in 2016, the fate of the world literally rests in the hands of Henry Denton.Henry is a smart, sardonic. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. Although Hutchinson has explored comparable topics in his previous works, WE ARE THE ANTSstands alone in its quest to advocate for issues that are usually not discussed.

Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button.Īfter all, life hasn't been great for Henry. In Shaun David Hutchinson’s riveting drama, we explore the boundaries of forgiveness, pain, friendship and loss. Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER See More Retailers.

Hardcover eBook Unabridged Audio Download. We Are the Ants Audible Audiobook Unabridged Shaun David Hutchinson (Author), & 2 more 1,098 ratings Editors' pick Best Young Adult See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. From the 'author to watch' ( Kirkus Reviews) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes an 'equal parts sarcastic and profound' ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving. We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson - A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) From the author to watch (Kirkus Reviews).