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//Freak Magnet// By Andrew Auseon

Plot Summary

//Freak Magnet// is a young adult realistic fiction novel about two young adults and their journey though life as they try to find joy after life changing hardships.

Charlie Wyatt is your average Freak, his favorite thing to do is stargazing. he works a dead-end job at a convinces store, and otherwise leads a pretty boring life. That is until Gloria Aboud comes along. Gloria is the Freak Magnet. almost any and every freak comes to her, she even writes encounter down in her Freak Folio, her only sanctuary from the outside world. A world where her brother died other a year ago, her mother seems to pretend that it never happened, but to Gloria it feels like it happened just yesterday and that it couldn't get any worse, but when she meets Charlie Wyatt their whole world is turned upside down and they both must find a new meaning to live.

About the Author Born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1976 Andrew's first book, //Funny Little Monkey//, published in 2006. since then he has published 3 more books. Andrew also helped create the video game Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties

Other Works

//Funny Little Monkey//
 * // Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot[[image:ref=sr_1_1ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234825734&sr=8-1.jpg width="154" height="226" align="left"]] //
 * // Alienated[[image:9781416982982.jpg width="149" height="217" align="left"]] //

Social Issue Relevance: Dysfunctional Familys In Freak Magnet Gloria has problems with her family which can be classified as dysfunctional. Dysfunctional families are families that don't promote the well-being of the members. Dysfunctional families can be started from many scores:
 * Alcoholic Parents and Childeren
 * Abusive Parents
 * Controlling Parents
 * Deficient Parents

Audio Link: Chapter 1

Dramatization of Freak Magnet Tom Felton I belive that Tom Felton would be good for the part of Charlie because he could realy capture the caring side of Charlie.

Seidy Lopez I belive Seidy Lopez would make a good Gloria because she could capture Gloria's personality.