All the Birds in the Sky
(Book)

From an early age, Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead had different, and sometimes opposite, ways of seeing the world. Patricia could talk to animals and even turn herself into a bird, while Laurence built a supercomputer and a time machine (that only went forward two seconds). As they navigated the never-ending nightmare that is junior high school, they became allies, until an enigmatic guidance counselor with a hidden agenda intervened. They didn't expect to see each other again. And yet ten years later, they're both adults, living in the hipster mecca San Francisco.