Boyster

A mutant mollusk and an orphan, Boyster is taken in by a human couple who raise him as their own son, until one day the boy realizes he’s not like the others. After all, what other kid understands whale language, has a talking shell, or can produce pearls by munching on calcium-rich chalk?

Yet Boyster has only one wish: to live the normal life of an 11-year-old boy. And only one fear: that his secret might be revealed. How could others ever love a mollusk? Is the world ready to accept such an extraordinary being? Between schoolyard games and math tests, fights and crushes, greedy jewelers and cruel gourmets, it’s not easy being a little boy when you’re really an oyster…