02282cam a2200361 i 4500 2024029153 TxAuBib 20250515120000.0 240727s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024950108 9780063285385 HRD 18.99 006328538X HRD 18.99 (OCoLC)1449909491 TxAuBib rda Lerangis, Peter. Beasties [BOOK] / Peter Lerangis. First edition. New York : HarperCollins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025. 278 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "On a field trip to Central Park, Riley and his classmates accidentally encounter a supernatural artifact that looks a lot like, well, honestly, a piece of poop. But one of them gets too close, there's a blinding flash, and suddenly the five friends are turned into various critters. Riley's sister's a hawk, the school bully's a raccoon, and Riley? He's transformed into everyone's least favorite animal, a New York City rat. Their once-dull morning quickly turns into a fight for survival. The kids have stayed alive long enough find a way to turn themselves back to normal. But as it turns out, they're not the only humans-turned-into-animals on the loose in Central Park. As it turns out, Riley and his friends have accidentally thrust themselves into the center of a dangerous Manhattan-wide plot, and now they must use all their animal abilities to stop the bad guys, find the cure, and get back home without, you know, getting eaten on the way. It's a wild adventure of a lifetime -- because if they fail, these beasties will stay beasts forever.". Grades 3-7. 20250515. Middle school students Juvenile fiction. Animals Juvenile fiction. Shapeshifting Juvenile fiction. Survival Juvenile fiction. Central Park (New York, N.Y) Juvenile fiction. Fantasy fiction for children. Action and adventure fiction for children.