Jasper's favorite person is his older brother, Callan. They stay up late while their parents work nights. Callan even helped Jasper pick out his new new when he came out as trans. But Callan starts to grow distant and leaves for college without taking Jasper on a promised fossil dig. Jasper feels abandoned--and angry. Who needs Callan? He will dig by himself, in his backyard. As he digs, Jasper hears a voice: the bones of a saber-toothed tiger. The tiger is buried deep, and he wants Jasper to DIG. Jasper is sure a discovery like this could change the world, or at least get Callan to text him back. But as the saber-toothed tiger finds freedom, Jasper realizes he may have unleashed a monster that no one was ready for--and that anger can empower you or destroy you.
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