![]() ![]() This thrilling horror story "was inspired partly by H.G. The three teenagers can communicate telepathically, but are they starting to lose their humanity? And will they ever be able to escape and regain their human forms? Under his transgenic treatment, Semi is transformed into a manta ray and Miranda into a bird, while Arnie, appropriately, is a snake. Franklin, who plans to create a new race of creatures with both human and animal traits-and intends that the teenagers become his first trial subjects. They are all captured by a mad scientist named Dr. ![]() They believe the atoll to be deserted, but then Arnie disappears-and in searching for him, they stumble across the other inhabitants of the island, and their ordeal turns into a nightmare. Semi, a shy and frightened girl, tells of their struggle to survive as resourceful, upbeat Miranda takes the lead and obnoxious Arnie teases both of them. To quote the hardcover review in KLIATT, July 2002: When their plane crashes somewhere off the coast of South America, three teenage science students on the way to a wildlife conservation station are stranded on a tropical island. ![]()
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