Freaks in the City
Freaks in the City

Author: Maree Anderson

Publisher: Maree Anderson

Published: 2012-08-20

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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True love isn’t a cakewalk when your girlfriend’s a cyborg! For Jay and Tyler, living together is... challenging—especially when the secrets they're keeping from Tyler's family blow up in their faces. The last thing they need is the ex-girlfriend from hell showing up on their doorstep. Nessa's not exactly Jay's favorite human right now, but Tyler's ex is destitute, and desperate for a place to stay until the latest hot mess she’s embroiled in gets sorted. Besides, it's better to keep your enemies close, right? Sure enough, Nessa has designs on Tyler and a hidden agenda. But discovering who is manipulating her behind the scenes isn’t easy, even for a super-smart computer-savvy cyborg like Jay. Everything falls apart when a vulnerable member of Tyler’s family is threatened, forcing Jay to confront a ghost from her past who’ll stop at nothing to destroy her. And this time, the weapon he’s sent after Jay really could be the death of her. Young Adult paranormal romance, approx 73,500 words (Warning: Contains language and themes more suitable for older readers) YA books by Maree Anderson: ~Freaks of Greenfield High (Freaks 1) ~Freaks in the City (Freaks 2) ~Freaks Under Fire (Freaks 3) ~Freaks Series Bundle (Books 1, 2 and 3) ~Liminal (Liminals, Book 1) ~Phase (Liminals, Book 2) - Coming soon!

Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls
Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls

Author: Randy Johnson

Publisher: Last Gasp

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780867196221

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This is a colourful history of the carnival sideshow and its distinctive banner art. With one hundred colour photographs, the book lovingly surveys this now vanished icon of early rural America, counterpointing classic freak show art with contemporary interpretations. Fifty archival black-and-white photos of sideshows provide a historical context for the banner illustrations.

Freaks
Freaks

Author: Kieran Larwood

Publisher: Chicken House

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780545474245

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In Victorian London, a lonely band of misfits trapped in a sideshow decides to put their extraordinary talents to use to solve the mysteries that no one else cares about, starting with the stealing of poor children from the banks of the Thames.

Hubert's Freaks
Hubert's Freaks

Author: Gregory Gibson

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780156033084

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From the moment Bob Langmuir, a down-and-out rare book dealer, spies some intriguing photographs in the archive of a midcentury Times Square freak show, he knows he's on to something. It turns out he's made the find of a lifetime--never-before-seen prints by the legendary Diane Arbus. Furthermore, he begins to suspect that what he's found may add a pivotal chapter to what is now known about Arbus as well as about the "old weird America," in Greil Marcus's phrase, that Hubert's inhabited. Bob's ensuing adventure--a roller-coaster ride filled with bizarre characters and coincidences--takes him from the fringes of the rare book business to Sotheby's, and from the exhibits of a run-down Times Square freak show to the curator's office of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Will the photos be authenticated? How will Arbus's notoriously protective daughter react? Most importantly, can Bob, who always manages to screw up his most promising deals, finally make just one big score?

Street Freaks
Street Freaks

Author: Terry Brooks

Publisher: Grim Oak Press

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1944145214

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It begins with a dire call-right before his father disappears and his skyscraper home's doors explode inward. Street Freaks is the kind of thrilling futuristic story only New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks can tell. "Go into the Red Zone. Go to Street Freaks." his father directs Ashton Collins before the vid feed goes suddenly silent. The Red Zone is the dangerous heart of mega-city Los Angeles; it is a world Ash is forbidden from and one he knows little about. But if he can find Street Freaks, the strangest of aid awaits―human and barely human alike. As Ash is hunted, he must unravel the mystery left behind by his father and discover his role in this new world. Brooks has long been the grandmaster of fantasy. Now he turns his hand to science fiction filled with what his readers love best: complex characters, extraordinary settings, exciting action, and a page-turning story. Through it, Brooks reimagines his bestselling career yet again.

Freak Show
Freak Show

Author: Robert Bogdan

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2014-12-10

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 022622743X

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This cultural history of the travelling freak show in America chronicles the rise and fall of the industry as attitudes about disability evolved. From 1840 until 1940, hundreds of freak shows crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today’s standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative—the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment. Robert Bogdan’s fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimens.

Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty

Author: Rodman Philbrick

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Published: 2015-04-01

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1409591050

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Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.

Freaks
Freaks

Author: Annette Curtis Klause

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1439115664

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If this is a dream, why does she seem so real? Though Abel Dandy was born to circus performers and grew up in a troupe of odd and inexplicable people, he has never felt limited by his normalcy--until now. Realizing he'll never be more amazing than the talented oddities around him, Abel can only dream of living a life richer than his own. But in his dreams a mysterious woman beckons him, calling him passionately by a name he doesn't know and speaking in a language he's never heard, but fully understands. Compelled by these visions and yearning to be more than ordinary, Abel embarks on a journey more frightening and wondrous than he ever imagined....

Freaks of Greenfield High
Freaks of Greenfield High

Author: Maree Anderson

Publisher: Maree Anderson

Published: 2011-09-09

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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When a teenage cyborg is forced to hide out at a small-town high school, the unthinkable happens: she falls in love. Jay’s a cyborg who looks just like normal teenage girl. She’s super-strong, super-smart, and she can even appear to grow and age like a human. When a covert organization intent on using Jay as a weapon comes after her, she needs to find a place where she can blend in. Greenfield High seems perfect… except that the boys all think she’s totally hot and keep hitting on her, and she has no clue how to handle the attention. Who knew high school could be so perilous? To add to her confusion she’s evolving - experiencing human emotions for the first time. And when she encounters ex-jock-turned-outcast Tyler, he sends her logical brain into a spin. She’s just starting to get the hang of this girlfriend/boyfriend thing when her pursuers track her down. Now’s sooo not the time for a cyborg to fall in love and get all emotional! ~Optioned for TV by Cream Drama, Inc. ~Winner: Gulf Coast RWA Silken Sands Self-Published Star contest, YA category ~Winner: Maryland Romance Writers Reveal Your Inner Vixen contest, YA category Download this 68000 word young adult paranormal book FREE! Warning: Contains language and themes more suitable for older readers Other YA books by Maree Anderson: Freaks in the City (Freaks 2) Freaks Under Fire (Freaks 3) Freaks Series Bundle (Books 1, 2 and 3) Liminal (Liminals, Book 1) Phase (Liminals, Book 2) - Coming soon!