metamorphosis

"Rachel is still reeling from the news that Earth is secretly under attack by parasitic aliens, the Yeerks. Now she and her friends are the planet's only defense-- kids who, purely by chance, stumbled onto a downed spacecraft and were given the power to morph into any animals they touch. The team's best lead is their assistant principal, Mr. Chapman, who is the human host to a high-ranking Yeerk official. It's not much, but Rachel's always been a daredevil, and she volunteers to infiltrate Chapman's home. Rachel is tough. She's fearless. But what she finds inside may be more than even she can handle"--Provided by publisher.

Uni cares for a chrysalis and wants to keep it as a pet, but when the butterfly emerges, she learns some animals are meant to be wild.

The Horace Gregory translation of one of the great works of classical mythology.

Text and illustrations looks at the lives of butterflies and moths.

"Vern--seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised--flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world. But even in the forest, Vern is a hunted woman. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes. To understand her metamorphosis and to protect her small family, Vern has to face the past, and more troublingly, the future--outside the woods. Finding the truth will mean uncovering the secrets of the compound she fled but also the violent history in America that produced it"--Provided by publisher.

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.