Carol Matas is the award-winning author of many highly acclaimed young adult novels. The Freak is another wonderful book. Her previous stories include, Lisa, Jesper, The Burning Time, Sworn Enemies and her latest book, Telling. The Freak, a fiction for young adults, tells a thrilling adventure story. A marvelous heroine who turns what she considers a terrible liability into a powerful gift. Jade, a fifteen-year-old who is stricken with life-threatening meningitis one summer, but recovers …showed first 75 words of 280 total…

…showed last 75 words of 280 total…she had nothing to do what happened. Jade's powers now become more real, more alive. She finds out the truth behind all this and has to make a decision. This is a well-written book, its clear, concise and fast paced adventure. It has a lot to with teenagers these days. Many of them are in conflict with themselves. They don't know which choices to make when they have to live up to other people's expectations.