ABOUT SUPER FREAK:
Super Freak by Vanessa Barger
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.
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Excerpt
At
the front of the room, he had a huge round hydroponics system
whirring in the corner that fascinated me. I stopped at the side of
the setup on my way to my desk and leaned down to poke at a lettuce
leaf.
Mr.
Darcy appeared over my shoulder. “We’ll be using this all year.
It’s a fantastic system. We should be able to help provide salad
greens for the cafeteria for a few weeks. Are you interested in
gardening, Caroline?”
I
nodded, but he didn’t give me half a chance to say anything.
“Of
course you are, with your parents being dryads and all. You probably
get bored with all this.”
I
shook my head. “I’ve got no supernatural talents, Mr. Darcy. I
like gardening–no magic involved.”
His
brow rose. “I’d heard a rumor, but I assumed it wasn’t true.”
People
around me were starting to whisper as I talked to him. The boys were
making jokes. The girls looked jealous. “It is.”
He
smiled, and a girl behind me sighed. “You’ll get along fine then.
I myself have only a minor ability to predict rain and make some
charms. Not much at all. Magic isn’t everything.”
I
smiled and took my seat as the bell rang. One of the boys next to me
mumbled something about having a brown nose. A tingle started at the
end of my nose, and I jerked a mirror from my bag.
Yup.
Brown smudges marred my nose. I glared at him, and prayed they’d
fade before too long. Otherwise I’d have to visit the nurse and get
the charm removed before next period.
ABOUT
VANESSA BARGER:
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.
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