Going Bovine

By Libba Bray
It’s not every day you see a talking yard gnome or a punk angel with pink hair. You probably haven’t had to save the universe from black holes and fire giants either. But you’re not Cameron Smith and you probably don’t have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, otherwise known as the human form of Mad Cow Disease.

The disease is slowly turning Cameron’s brain into Swiss cheese and the doctors don’t give him very long to live. But what if the doctors are wrong? What if it’s not CJ (Mad Cow) at all? This is where the angel comes in. Dulcie, the angel, visits Cameron in his hospital room and tries to explain to him that something is eating his brain, but it’s not what the doctors think. It’s something much worse that won’t stop at Cameron’s brain. It will destroy the universe and only Cameron can stop it. But he’ll need some help. Dulcie suggests that Cameron bring along Gonzo, the guy in the next hospital bed.

So begins their adventure to save the universe and find the mysterious Dr. X and play jazz and rescue a short, wooden Norse god and be on a spring break TV show and locate a time-travelling pop group and… well, all sorts of crazy things. It’s a wild ride and you can join in by checking out Going Bovine from the LFHS library!