| Freaks: Alive on the Inside | |
| Author: | Annette Curtis Klause |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Romance, Fantasy, Adventure novel |
| Pub Date: | 2006 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Freaks: Alive on the Inside (2006) is a young adult novel by Annette Curtis Klause.[1]
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.