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~Released: July 20th, 2015
~Length: 170 Pages
~ Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal
Freak!
Oddball!
Crazy!
Loser!
The world sees Abby as unsavory, making her feel isolated. But she most certainly isn’t alone. Everywhere she turns she hears disembodied voices, sees things move as if by unseen hands. Bullies constantly torment her, threatening what remains of her sanity. Her mother is too busy trying to fix her craziness to see what is truly happening. Abby is tired of the world around her, and wants nothing more than to escape. When her life spirals out of control, she is invited to Hildebranch Academy, a school for spirited kids like her. Can Abby learn to live a normal life?
Author Emma Bloom, that’s me! I was born in southern Illinois and am the youngest in my family. From an early age I found a great love for reading and dreamed of one day creating books that would capture the minds of young readers. I am an avid lover of all things paranormal, even though I admit I’m the first to duck and cover in a haunted house.
“They're coming for
you. I heard them talking...”
Damn. Apparently, her
friendly apparition decided to follow her home. Well, this just
sucked. Not only did the ghost have to follow her, it had to make her
worry about being jumped on the way home. Abby shook off the icy
frost that tickled her skin as it raced up her body. The cold made
every inch of her body feel as if it were on the verge of some kind
of panic attack. And while she wanted to brush the ghost aside, the
voice had never been wrong. The spirit had only started talking to
her before school started this year, but so far, it seemed to be
looking out for her.
Sure enough. “Where
you heading, Abby Cadabby?”
Referring to her as a
character from Sesame Street did not phase her in the least. Heck, if
she were truly some spritely muppet fairy, she'd wave her magic wand
and wish herself away from here in a heartbeat. Too bad she left her
fairy dust at home today. Abby refused to take their bait. Instead,
she continued to walk down the sidewalk, her eyes shuttered against
the catcalls which were sure to follow.
“Hey girls, let's show
her our favorite spot.”
This time Abby turned her
head to look at the girls. Meghan's cronies linked their arms in hers
and held her tight so she couldn’t
get away from them. Abby's heart started to beat in her throat, and
she thought for a moment the fear creeping up her spine was going to
make her lose what little she had eaten today.
“I told you. You
should have run.”
Run? What good would that do? Somehow the brat pack always found her.
Shrinking into herself, Abby wished she could find her voice, but as
usual, it seemed lost the moment Meghan entered the room. What was it
about a bully that rendered one so useless? Abby liked to think it
was because Meghan was surrounded by her cronies, but who was she
kidding? If it had been Meghan alone, she would have been too
frightened to move. This was how she had been conditioned to think
over the years.
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