Tentacle and Wing Author:Sarah Porter When Ada was young, her father made her promise to never reveal her secret: that she is a chimera, born with human and animal DNA thanks to a genetic experiment gone wrong. Her infrared vision puts her in grave danger from those who wish to do away with the freakish ?kimes.? — But when she is twelve, a surprise test exposes Ada?s condition and sh... more »e is shipped off to a quarantined school. Surrounded by kids of many different shapes, stripes, and appendages?such as a girl with dragonfly wings, a seal-boy, and more?Ada is torn between missing the family who abandoned her and bonding with people who are different, like she is.
As she adjusts to her new life, Ada senses that the facility is keeping a secret, one that could upend everything the world knows about how chimeras came into being. With tensions between kimes and humans heightening, it?s up to Ada to discover the truth. Can she do it in time, before one side decides the other must be destroyed?
A fantastically inventive tale by acclaimed author Sarah Porter, Tentacle and Wing will make readers question what it really means to be human.« less