Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain (65 page)

Quite Contrary, by Richard Roberts
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http://j.mp/19MGKYA
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The secret of having an adventure is getting lost. Well, Mary is lost. She is lost in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and that is a cruel story. She's put on the red hood and met the Wolf. When she gives in to her Wolf's temptations, she will die. That's how the story goes, after all.

Unfortunately for the story – and the Wolf – this Little Red Riding Hood is Mary Stuart, and she is the most stubborn and contrary twelve year old the world has ever known. Forget the Wolf's temptations, forget the advice of the talking rat trying to save her, she will kick her way through every myth and fairy tale ever told until she finds a way to get out of this alive.

Sweet Dreams are Made of Teeth, by Richard Roberts
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http://j.mp/18xnQ95
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Have you ever had the nightmare of being chased by a beast? Then you’ve met Fang. He’ll be the first to admit that he’s a very simple nightmare. All he knows is hunting your dreams and dragging them into the Dark.

He’s not ready for his life to get complicated. He’s not ready to be dragged into his best friend’s schemes to make dreams so terrifying they break people. He’s not ready to love, or to be loved, or to meet someone who makes him happy.

He’s not ready to grow up. When he does, one thing will stay the same: he’ll stay an artist, and he’ll paint your dreams with fear until they’re beautiful.

Wild Children, by Richard Roberts
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http://j.mp/16H8iwC
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Bad children are punished, turned into animals marked with their crimes.

Five children each tell a different story of what they became: One learns that wrong can be right, and her curse may be a blessing. Another is so Wild he must learn the simplest lesson, to love someone else. An eight year old girl must face fear and doubt as she dies of old age. Love and strangeness hit the lives of two brothers in the form of a beautiful flaming bird. Finally, the oldest child learns that what is right can be horribly wrong.

Together they tell a sixth story, of a Wild Girl who doesn’t seem Wild at all.

Scrapbook of My Revolution, by Amy Lynn Spitzley
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http://j.mp/19z2ecy
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I may as well say it up front. I’m Malian. Yeah, one of the freaks. I’ve got gold skin and the ability to read emotions. It’s great fun, too, believe me. Right… Anger. Frustration. Desire. Try reading those all day!

But I’m not the only one who’s frustrated. We’re all mixed-up and sick of the bad press and attacks from Regulars. Things are changing, though. I’m getting other Malians at school together. We might be able to show people that we’re just as human as they are…

…unless one of my best supporters is really public enemy number one.

Appetizer:

• Book Cover
  
• Title Page
  
• Dedication
  

Main Course:

• Chapter One
  
• Chapter Two
  
• Chapter Three
  
• Chapter Four
  
• Chapter Five
  
• Chapter Six
  
• Chapter Seven
  
• Chapter Eight
  
• Chapter Nine
  
• Chapter Ten
  
• Chapter Eleven
  
• Chapter Twelve
  
• Chapter Thirteen
  
• Chapter Fourteen
  
• Chapter Fifteen
  
• Chapter Sixteen
  
• Chapter Seventeen
  
• Chapter Eighteen
  
• Chapter Nineteen
  
• Chapter Twenty
  

Dessert:

• Closing
  
• About the Author
  
• A Taste of
  Quite Contrary
  , by Richard Roberts
  
• Copyright & Publisher
  
• More from Curiosity Quills Press
  

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve