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Gale, Laurel

Monster, Human, Other

311 pp. | Crown | September, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-553-51012-6 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-553-51013-3 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-553-51014-0
(4) 4-6 Eleven-year-olds Isaac (a bushy-tailed "clepsit") and Wren (a human girl) were swapped at birth for the human/clepsit ambassador program. The tenuous truce between species is threatened when the spiky underground-dwelling voracans kidnap Isaac, starting a war. Fast-paced chapters alternate focus between Isaac and Wren. Too much good luck and a tidy ending keep this story about love, inclusion, and acceptance from feeling fully satisfying.
Reviewer: Amy Seto Forrester

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