Chapters 1-2, 'Manny Bullpucky Gets His Sorry Butt Hurled off the Marine Park Bridge' and 'The Weird and Mostly Tragic History of the Schwa, Which is Entirely True if You Trust My Sources' Summary

'The Schwa Was Here' is a story about how Antsy comes to know and be friends with the Schwa, a boy so ordinary and forgettable that he is almost invisible to other people. Antsy thinks they can use the Schwa effect for their own gain, but this backfires when the Schwa is dared to enter Crawley's apartment and is caught. The mean and reclusive Crawley puts them to work walking his dogs. Through this they meet Crawley's blind granddaughter...