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Chimera
Chimera
Chimera
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Chimera

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For twelve years Sam has been imprisoned in his head, unable to express his wild ideas or anything else for that matter. Then Sami appears. Outward-going and articulate, she gets on well with everybody. The catch? Sam and Sami are a chimera; genetically distinct parts of the same person. Sam’s dad has sheltered him from the savagery of a world where natural food is banished and alternative medicine is illegal. The emergence of Sami changes everything. There’s a rumour the Food Police are searching for just such a child. Why? Because myth has it she is to save the world.

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Release dateMay 11, 2019
ISBN9782940553143
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Alan McCluskey

Alan McCluskey lives amid the vineyards in a small Swiss village between three lakes and a range of mountains. Nearby, several thousands of years earlier, lakeside villages housed a thriving Celtic community. The ever-present heart-beat of that world continues to fuel his long-standing fascination for magic and fantasy.All Alan McCluskey’s books are about the self-empowerment of the young, girls in particular, in a world that tends to curtail their opportunities, belittle their abilities and discourage them from doing great things. His books also explore the difficulties of those whose gender and sexuality lie beyond the dominant binary divide between boy and girl. His goal in writing fiction is to imagine inspiring ways forward, despite the difficulties thrown in the way of these young people.

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