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I stepped back in surprise. Were the words on the screen Ellen's
thoughts
?

“Callie, are you okay? You're acting really weird.”

“I'm fine,” I said. I decided to perform an experiment. “What do you think of my new glasses?”

“They're nice,” Ellen said.

But that's not what the screen hovering beside her said:
They're hideous.
They make your eyes look huge and your teeth look even bigger than they already are.

“You don't think they make my eyes look big?”

“Don't be ridiculous,” Ellen said. But the screen said:
Yep, big as saucers.
“Look, I'm going to be late. I'll see you in drama, okay?” Ellen hurried off, and the screen beside her disappeared.

I stared after her, frozen. My glasses had magic powers.

They could read people's thoughts.

JENNY LUNDQUIST
grew up in Huntington Beach, California, and she was shy, not popular. She spent a lot of time hiding out in her room reading books and writing stories she never finished. Eventually she got over her shyness (mostly) and graduated from Biola University. She still spends a lot of time reading and writing, but now she finishes her stories. Jenny is the author of the Aladdin M!X title
Seeing Cinderella
. Jenny and her family live in Northern California. You can find her online at
www.jennylundquist.com
.

Also by Jenny Lundquist

Seeing Cinderella

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

ALADDIN M!X

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The text of this book was set in Mrs Eaves Roman.

Library of Congress Control Number 2012936752

ISBN 978-1-4424-5248-0

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