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Gr 5–8—Simon Thorn is starting seventh grade. He misses his mom, whom he sees maybe once a year; his Uncle Darryl restricts where he can go outside his New York apartment; and his only friend, besides Felix the mouse, has decided to side with the bully who makes Simon's life awful. And Simon can talk to animals—and they talk back. Soon mobs of rats start attacking him, his mother is captured, his uncle turns into a wolf, and he finds himself in the L.A.I.R., an academy for training Animalgams from each animal kingdom, under the Central Park Zoo. As if Simon's world hasn't been shifted enough, he discovers that he has a twin, Nolan, and that he hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Twelve-year-old Simon, who can talk to animals, is lonely until he discovers he's actually an Animalgam, able to shift to animal form....Log In or Sign Up to Read More