Who would have thought by mistakenly eating a millipede, a boy would be given unparalleled intelligence and a thirst to know the truth? For young Peter Shanks, his little toddler fingers finding and consuming a millipede led to his odd emotional outbursts, unconsciousness and hospital visits as an anti-social boy bullied at school and lacking moral education. In the fantasy satire by author Jim Hart, Monkey Warts and All, Peter endures a complicated childhood, raised by his single mother, and finds he struggles to stay sane in a world limited by their intelligence and refusal of God. Little does he know that the millipede he consumed as a child was the leader of a civilization of millipedes seeking to use him to open the eyes of his rebellious, godless generation. Jim uses his science satire about society to enlighten readers about the shortcomings of America's past in education and politics.