num_pages: 279
description: Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a father who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn't ask to be the target of Nader McMillan's relentless bullying which has finally gone too far.But Lucky has a secret--one that helps him wade through the daily mundane torture of his life. In his dreams Lucky escapes to the war-ridden jungles of Laos--the prison his grandfather couldn't escape--where Lucky can be a real man an adventurer and a hero. It's dangerous and wild and it's a place where his life just might be worth living. But how long can Lucky keep hiding in his dreams before reality forces its way inside?
language: English
title: Everybody Sees the Ants
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers