Freaks: Alive on the Inside
{{Short description|Book by Annette Curtis Klause}}
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| name = Freaks: Alive on the Inside
| image = Freaks Alive on the Inside cover.jpg
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| author = Annette Curtis Klause
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = Romance, Fantasy, Adventure novel
| publisher =
| pub_date = 2006
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
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Freaks: Alive on the Inside (2006) is a young adult novel by Annette Curtis Klause.{{cite book |last1=Engberg |first1=Gillian |last2=Chipman |first2=Ian |title=Booklist's 1000 Best Young Adult Books Since 2000 |date=15 May 2014 |publisher=American Library Association |pages=217–8}}
Plot summary
The story is of a young man, Abel Dandy, who is born in a freak show to his "freak" parents. Growing up normally in a world of oddities is hard for Abel, for he wishes for some type of oddness to enable him to fit it. A departing pair of Siamese twins gives Abel a ring from ancient Egypt that seems to have been made for him. Soon he begins to have dreams of a mysterious dancing girl calling for him.
Abel leaves the show at the dead of night to find his fortune only to be followed by Apollo, the dog-boy. A chain of events lead off to Abel finding what he most desired, and a lesson that preaches: freak or not, we are all human.
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Category:American fantasy novels
Category:American romance novels
Category:American adventure novels
Category:American young adult novels
Category:Fiction about human–mummy romance
Category:Fiction about mummies
Category:Young adult fantasy novels
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