Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Children's Zoology Books When Skye and local contractor

When Skye and local contractor Andreas find a set of mysterious letters

and signed up for a bloodthirsty Gladiator Competition

and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere—even back home

and his father

it soon becomes clear that the pōhaku’s story must sur­vive if there is to be any hope of the fam­ily’s reconciliation with their home

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Children's Zoology Books When Skye and local contractor"In these irreverent pages, a shapeshifter gets a crash course in gender and sexuality by inhabiting both sides of the binary and arriving precisely somewhere in the middle." O, The Oprah Magazine HOT (Maggie Nelson) TIGHT (Eileen Myles) DEEP (Michelle Tea) It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flaneur