INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Bunker, Lisa

Felix Yz

(2) 4-6 Three-year-old Felix was accidentally fused "at the atomic level" with alien Zyx. As a result, Felix has trouble talking and his limbs jerk. Now thirteen, Felix has twenty-nine days to go until scientists attempt to separate him and Zyx in a procedure that may help Felix or kill him. Without heavy-handedness, the premise allows for fascinating reflections on many ways of feeling different.

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