metamorphosis

The Dunwiddle Magic School (fifth to eighth grade) is intended for children whose magic is "upside-down" like Dory (who turns into a combination of a kitten and dragon) and Pepper (whose uncontrollable "fiercing" terrifies everyone around her)--so the Show Off, where fifth grade students are supposed to showcase their skills, does not really seem like a good idea.

"When they were caterpillars, Moth and Butterfly were very similar but as they undergo metamorphosis, everything changes except their friendship"--OCLC.

"Just when Finn finds herself back in San Cristobal, Alfie's plans are also derailed. The mysterious organization responsible for his brother's murder has resurfaced; and their newest target is the summit. And when these events converge, Finn and Alfie are once again forced to work together to follow the assassins' trail and preserve Castallan's hopes for peace with Englass"--Provided by publisher.

"Doppo Kunikdia is an idealist and straitlaced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won't handle. Everything in his life is going just as he's planned … until one day, he's paired up with the agency's newest hire: a suspicious, eccentric, suicide-obsessed man named Osamu Dazai. Their first case together turns out to be far more complicated than Kunikida anticipated - and it looks like the detective agency's sworn enemy, the Port Mafia, is somehow involved, too!" -- Back cover.

A collection of ten short stories--four new stories, and six original stories--featuring the shapeshifter Mercy Thompson.

Hace a?os, Grace estuvo a punto de morir devorada por una manada de lobos. Inexplicablemente, uno de ellos, un lobo de intensos ojos amarillos, la salv?. Desde entonces, todos los inviernos Grace se asoma al bosque y, desde la distancia, lobo y chica se observan. Cuando llega el calor, la manada desaparece y, con ella, "su" lobo. En el verano Grace conoce a un chico; se llama Sam. Es un tipo normal, salvo por sus ojos. Son de un extra?o color amarillo.

Mientras Grace trata de esconder de sus padres el amor que tiene para Sam, Sam lucha por dejar a su pasado como hombre lobo y por tener un futuro humano. Luego aparece otro lobo llamado Cole que gana el amor de Isabel, pero su pasado es un riesgo para toda la manada.

Twelve-year-old Newton and his classmate Vanessa, who is obsessed with butterflies and flying, undergo significant changes as they try to discover why the emerald rainbow butterflies return to Angel Falls every spring.

When Kayla's transformation to werecat is captured on video, she becomes a symbol of the werebeast threat, meanwhile, a self-proclaimed weresnake kidnaps the governor of Texas and hits the airwaves with a message of war.

Glen never has anything nice to say to anyone, so when he gets lost in the woods during a school field trip and encounters a strange creature, there is bound to be trouble.