Publication
Date: October 13, 2015
Publisher:
Tantrum Books
Genre:
MG, Fantasy
Thirteen-year-old
Caroline is a freak. Her parents have uprooted her to a town full of
Supernaturals. You’d think she’d be thrilled. But, with someone
without a magical bone in her body, this daughter of tree sprites
feels like even more of an outcast than she has ever before.
To
make matters worse, her new home is cursed. But when Caroline takes
to investigating the mysterious and strange happenings of Harridan
House, her BFF goes missing. Seems someone doesn’t want Caroline
sticking her non-magical nose where it most certainly does not
belong. Determined to prove herself, Caroline uncovers a plot to
destroy her new hometown.
Undeterred,
Caroline can’t give up. But what’s a human without magical powers
to do? Caroline better figure it out fast, before she loses
everything she has ever loved and the whispers she’s heard all her
life prove true: Caroline is a useless superfreak.
The
office staff was friendly, in a distracted, frazzled way. I had a
schedule in my hands and Diana told them she would show me around, so
I was quickly dismissed. Just when I heaved a sigh of relief that I
hadn’t seen the principal again, he rounded the corner of the
hallway and spotted me. A grin broke out on his face and he called my
name.
Everyone
in the hallway turned and watched as he seized my hand and shook it.
“How is the first day going so far?”
Forcing
a smile, I answered, “Diana has decided to take me around, so
things are going pretty well. Thanks.” I wished I would melt into
the floor.
The
secretary stuck her head out of the office door and motioned for him.
I could have kissed her.
“Have
a great day, Caroline. Tell your parents I said hello.”
“Sure
thing,” I said. Right after I scrape my reputation off the floor.
Diana
tugged my arm, pulling me to the locker they’d assigned me. I
struggled with the lock while she leaned against the one next to me.
“Where on earth did you meet him?”
“Right
after we drove into town the other day. My Dad almost ran him over.”
I said, yanking on the lock. The door swung open with a squeal.
Diana
blinked. “Life with you isn’t boring, is it?”
A
couple of kids snickered behind me. “I wish it was.”
Someone
muttered something about being a pet behind me. Diana glared and the
girl slunk away to another corner. I’d spent the last year trying
not to be known as a teacher’s pet. Now I’d be known as a
principal’s pet. Could life get any worse?
I
should have known better than to ask that.
Vanessa
Barger was born in West Virginia, and through several moves ended up
spending the majority of her life in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is
a graduate of George Mason University and Old Dominion University,
and has degrees in Graphic Design, a minor in Medieval and
Renaissance Literature, and a Masters in Technology Education. She
has had articles published in Altered Arts Magazine, has had some
artwork displayed in galleries in Ohio and online, and currently
teaches engineering, practical physics, drafting and other
technological things to high school students in the Hampton Roads
area of Virginia. She is a member of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s
Book Writers and Illustrators), the Virginia Writer’s Club, and the
Hampton Roads Writers. When not writing or teaching, she’s a
bookaholic, movie fanatic, and loves to travel. She is married to a
fabulous man, and has one cat, who believes Vanessa lives only to
open cat food cans, and can often be found baking when she should be
editing.
Contest Ends October 31, 2015
Five
(5) winners will receive a digital copy
of
Super Freak
by Vanessa Barger (INT)
of
Super Freak
by Vanessa Barger (INT)
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