EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS

What does a fifteen-year-old boy tell his parents about meeting his long-lost POW/MIA grandfather? Absolutely nothing. Especially when these meetings take place in his dreams and the dreams are real. Lucky doesn't care whether he's going crazy or not he's determined to find a way to bring Granddad home from the jungles of Vietnam.

Because Lucky's life would be a lot better if his granddad hadn't gone MIA all those years ago. Maybe then Lucky's father wouldn't be so distant. Maybe his mother wouldn't always meekly back down. Maybe Lucky wouldn't feel like the only place he belongs is in his dreams, where bullies can't make him feel that his life just isn't worth living. But how long can Lucky inhabit his dreams before reality pushes its way inside? In EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS, A.S. King dazzles with her characteristic wit, inimitable style, and a powerfully affecting ending. King is also the author of The Dust of 100 Dogs (Flux 2009) and Please Ignore Vera Dietz (Knopf 2010), which is a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, and VOYA. Rights to Vera have sold in Germany (Arena) and Latin America and Mexico (Planeta), and rights to 100 Dogs have sold in Italy (DGS3).