{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Children become cats and birds, a once-invisible young woman pieces herself back together, and the identity of a mysterious baseball mascot is uncovered--all within this eclectic collection from master storyteller Avi. By turns chilling, ethereal, and surreal, these thought-provoking tales are sure to engage anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to become someone--or something--else."}, "title": "Strange Happenings", "covers": [10242571], "first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "AT THE AGE OF TWELVE, Thomas Osborn Pitzhugh\u001abetter known as Tom\u001ahad few interests, little desire, and almost no energy."}, "first_publish_date": "May 1, 2006", "key": "/works/OL265956W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL27173A"}}], "excerpts": [{"excerpt": "AT THE AGE OF TWELVE, Thomas Osborn Pitzhugh\u001abetter known as Tom\u001ahad few interests, little desire, and almost no energy."}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Children's stories, American", "Juvenile fiction", "Fiction", "Metamorphosis", "Short stories", "Children: Grades 3-4", "Children's fiction"], "latest_revision": 13, "revision": 13, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-10-24T15:00:26.851325"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2023-04-02T17:32:44.772927"}}