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AUTHOR: Lisa Bunker
PUBLISHER: Viking Books for Young Readers
LANGUAGE: English
DATE: 2015
PAGES: 288
ISBN: 9780425288504
Felix Yz
by Lisa Bunker
When Felix Yz was three years old, a hyperintelligent fourth-dimensional being became fused inside him after one of his father’s science experiments went terribly wrong. The creature is friendly, but Felix—now thirteen—won’t be able to grow to adulthood while they’re still melded together. So a risky Procedure is planned to separate them . . . but it may end up killing them both instead.
This book is Felix’s secret blog, a chronicle of the days leading up to the Procedure. Some days it’s business as usual—time with his close-knit family, run-ins with a bully at school, anxiety about his crush. But life becomes more out of the ordinary with the arrival of an Estonian chess Grandmaster, the revelation of family secrets, and a train-hopping journey. When it all might be over in a few days, what matters most?
INCLUSION CRITERIA
A significant secondary character (Felix’s mother) is attracted to people of multiple genders.
TROPES
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