Title:
Fairy, Texas
Author:
Margo Bond Collins
Release
date: 2014
Genre:
Young Adult, Paranormal
Book
Description:
Fairy, Texas. A
small town like any other.
Laney Harris
didn't want to live there. When her mother remarried and moved them to a town
where a date meant hanging out at the Sonic, Laney figured that
"boring" would have a whole new meaning. A new stepsister who
despised her and a high school where she was the only topic of gossip were bad
enough. But when she met the school counselor (and his terminal bad breath),
she grew suspicious. Especially since he had wings that only she could see. And
then there were Josh and Mason, two gorgeous glimmering-eyed classmates whose
interest in her might not be for the reasons she hoped. Not to mention that
dead guy she nearly tripped over in gym class.
She was right.
Boring takes on an entirely new dimension in Fairy, Texas.
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Excerpt 2:
“Okay, girls,” Coach Spencer yelled
above the chatter around me. “We’re going to get warmed up for this year with a
little run around the outer track.” She gestured toward a field off to the
right of the building. I could see a dirt track wending its way along the edge,
disappearing into a copse of stubby trees and scrub brush at the far end. “Four
laps,” Spencer added. A general groan went up, and I was glad that the
discussion at lunch had distracted me from eating too much. Late August in
Texas is hot.
“Well?” the coach said. “Get going!”
We started off at a trot toward the
field, many of the girls around me still complaining. For a moment, I
considered hanging back with the crowd, but Andrew had told me that Spencer
coached the girls’ track team. I wanted to impress her. So I stretched my legs
out as I hit the track and settled in to a long stride, my breathing still
easy.
The afternoon sun beat down on my
head. I watched the small grove grow closer, anxious for some shade. By the
time I hit the bend in the track that led into the thicket, I was yards ahead
of the rest of the runners—so when I rounded the curve and tripped over the
body, I was all alone.
It didn’t take long for everyone
else to catch up, but it seemed like an eternity as I scrambled back,
crab-like. It took a moment for my brain to translate the messages my eyes were
sending it—the images coalesced slowly, like one of those magic pictures with
the 3D images inside.
He had been stretched out
spread-eagle across the trail, head and feet half-concealed in the brush on
either side. Blood pooled around him, sticky and half-dried at the edges. His
shirt had been ripped open and a slash opened him from his throat to his
stomach.
As the other girls rounded the bend,
I realized that the high, keening noise in the background was the sound of my
own screaming. As soon as I realized it, I stopped, but several of my
classmates picked up where I left off.
My hands and knees were coated with
blood where I had landed; my skin was tacky with it. I crawled over to the
nearest bush and vomited.
Coach Spencer shoved her way through
the girls and stuttered to a stop, her hand to her mouth. “Oh, God,” she said.
“It’s Cody Murphy.”
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That's an excerpt to get my attention.
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