Ever since they were young, Harriet and Harper Lira are twin girls who have opposite personalities and difficulty getting along. But one day, they've both gained mysterious markings on their arms and the ability to talk to animals. They soon discover that they were raised in the human world for their safety and that their parents have been hiding a dangerous secret from them.When mutant animals destroy their home and kidnap their parents, they enter a mysterious hidden world full of talking animals and wereanimals--a race that has the ability to communicate with animals and shape shift into them. Harriet and Harper soon learn that they and their parents are wereanimals and they also learn more about the three kingdoms: the Dog Kingdom, the Cat Kingdom, and the Bird Kingdom.However, there are ruthless people in the wereanimal world called chimeras, which are a race of animallike people whose main goal is to create more mutant animals and take over the three kingdoms. To prevent that from happening, Harriet and Harper need to learn more about the wereanimal world, travel across the Wereanimal Kingdoms, and gather their most powerful items--the Dog's Paw, the Cat's Claw, and the Bird's Talon--and combine it with the Chimera's Staff to wipe them out forever.The twins know that this will be a difficult task, but during their time in the wereanimal world, they enroll in the WAR--a military boarding school that teaches them about the wereanimal world. They meet Mabel, Jayden, and Lago at the WAR and team up together. With their new friends, knowledge of their new environment, and the Chimera's Staff in their possession, they go on a mission to unite the three kingdoms' most powerful items to save the Wereanimal Kingdoms and rescue their parents.

--Yewande Akinwande

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