Name: Wuftoom
ISBN: 9780544022478

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Why This Clicks

Unsettling Change

A frightening transformation turns the struggle to stay human into a tense question of loyalty.

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Eerie creature encounters and uneasy alliances
A survival bargain with moral costs

Expect

A confined, lonely perspective under pressure
Trust and humanity tested as conflict escalates

Book Details

Authors: Mary G. Thompson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 7, 2013
Format: Ebook
Theme: YA Marine Animal Stories · Alien Contact
Reading lane: YA Marine Animal Stories

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YA Animal Stories
YA Marine Animal Stories
YA Mythical Creature Stories
YA Stories About Boys & Men

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Coming of Age
YA Stories About Parents
YA Fantasy
Epic YA Fantasy

About This Book

"Wildly imaginative . . . something utterly new and weird."— Publishers Weekly Everyone thinks Evan is sick. But Evan knows he is actually transforming. His metamorphosis has him confined to his bed, terrified, and alone—except for visits from the Wuftoom, a wormlike creature that tells Evan he is becoming one of them. Clinging to his humanity and desperate to help his overworked single mother, Evan makes a bargain with the Vitflies, the enemies of the Wuftoom. But when the...

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"Wildly imaginative . . . something utterly new and weird."— Publishers Weekly Everyone thinks Evan is sick. But Evan knows he is actually transforming. His metamorphosis has him confined to his bed, terrified, and alone—except for visits from the Wuftoom, a wormlike creature that tells Evan he is becoming one of them. Clinging to his humanity and desperate to help his overworked single mother, Evan makes a bargain with the Vitflies, the enemies of the Wuftoom. But when the bargain becomes blackmail and the Vitflies prepare for war, whom can Evan trust? Is saving his humanity worth destroying an entire species, and the only family he has left?