Calvin Schwa is special. Why? Because you can't see him. No, he's not invisible--he is "disturbingly unnoticeable." For years Calvin has been marked absent in school and gone without friends, because, well, no one knows he's there. When Calvin intrudes upon the consciousness of Antsy and his friend, they become fascinated by the "the Schwa effect." The boys form a partnership and get away with all kinds of mischief when conducting experiments to measure the Schwa effect: Will the Schwa be noticed spying in the teachers' lounge? Thumbing his nose at the principal? Standing in the boys' bathroom, wearing a Day-glo orange sombrero and singing, "God Bless America?"

---Golden Sower Award 2007-2008 Manual

Learn about the author, Neil Schusterman.