Gales, Lauren Monster, Human, Other, 309 pages. Crown
Books, 2017. $17.00. Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG;
Isaac, a young clepsit (a race of humanoid creatures with
furry tails) living in a human world, and Wren, his human counterpart living with the
clepsits, are training to be diplomats in the hopes that human/clepsit relations
will continue to be cordial. Isaac enjoys the human world but chafes against
having to move constantly for fear of neighbors and friends discovering he is actually
a clepsit. Wren battles prejudice and feeling like an outsider as a human among
clepsits. Their lives are turned upside down when Isaac is captured by the voracans (a
race of underground- dwelling monsters who are made out of spikes and feed on
human bone marrow) and his human parents are framed for his apparent killing.
The voracans are planning to take over the world and kidnap Isaac to disturb
human/clepsit relations.
Isaac and Wren must work through their own situations to
save the world from the voracans.
I liked the imaginative premise and the focus on tolerance
and empathy for others who are unlike us. The story developed nicely and had some interesting
twists.
Although some of the characters were a bit one-dimensional
the overall values the book is trying to teach were quite clear, and there were
enough situations where the reader is forced to ask thought-provoking questions that
it’s an overall worthwhile read.
EL, MS – OPTIONAL. Reviewer: Jerusha Johnson.
https://www.perma-bound.com/ViewDetail/148758-monster-human-other
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