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Main Character
Main Character
Representation
Representation
Gay main character identity.
Diverse queer secondary character identities featured.
Summary
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?
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Trigger Warnings
Trigger Warnings
Cured disability
What parents need to know
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Lisa Bunker's Felix Yz is a science fiction novel about a 13-year-old boy with an alien melded inside his body. Structured as a series of blog posts counting down to the date of a dangerous medical procedure, the novel follows Felix as he contends with a bully, learns about chess, makes new friends, and discovers family secrets. Characters have different ideas about gender and sex, but each is treated with compassion and understanding. There's a little swearing ("hell"), a little romantic attraction, a small amount of physical violence, and a lot of unpredictable action.
Author Info
Author Info
Lisa Bunker has written stories all her life. Before setting up shop as a full-time author she had a 30-year career in non-commercial broadcasting, most recently as Program Director of the community radio station in Portland, Maine. Besides Maine she has made homes in New Mexico, southern California, Seattle, and the Florida panhandle. She now lives in Exeter, New Hampshire with her wife, a child psychologist and author in her own right. Between them they have three grown children. In 2018 Lisa was elected to represent her town in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. When not writing or representing she plays piano, practices yoga, plays chess, and studies languages.
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