supernaturalist

The Supernaturalist, by Eoin Colfer ISBN: 0-439-69988-6 c2004 267 pages

Good sections to read aloud: pp. 3-4 where the Clarissa Frayne Institute is described and Cosmo is introduced

Summary: In this futuristic novel, Cosmo Hill, a 14 year old orphan, escapes from the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. He is saved and “adopted” by a group that calls themselves Supernaturalists. Cosmo is happy to be out of the institute and welcomes the challenge that the Supernaturalists offer him. It is their job to patrol Satellite City in search of supernatural parasites that feed on humans.

YA fiction--science fiction; supernatural powers/beings

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