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    Garlic Girls
    Garlic Girls
    Garlic Girls
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    Garlic Girls

    By Adrien Leduc

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    All is well at first, when Tina and her mom relocate to Templeton, Maine from California. School, work. That friendly, small town vibe. Everyone knows everyone. But Templeton has a history. A history that doesn't want to be discovered.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdrien Leduc
    Release dateJan 7, 2013
    ISBN9781301233106
    Garlic Girls
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    Adrien Leduc

    Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Adrien Leduc makes his home in Victoria, British Columbia with his family. A lifelong reader and writer, Adrien hopes to write many more books in the years to come. Find Adrien's latest books at www.mongoosebooks.com

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      Garlic Girls - Adrien Leduc

      GARLIC GIRLS

      Adrien Leduc

      Copyright 2013. Adrien Leduc. Smashwords Edition. All rights reserved.

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      (Leduc, Adrien 1987- )

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the author, nor be otherwise circulated in any form than that in which it is published.

      SYNOPSIS

      Templeton, Maine has a problem. A vampire problem.

      PROLOGUE

      If you'd asked me four weeks ago why every girl in Templeton, Maine wears a necklace of garlic under her shirt, I'd have thought you were crazy. Crazy for asking. But not anymore. You see, Templeton is a strange place. Strange because it's got a certain history. A history no one talks about. Least of all the people who live here. But I'm getting a little ahead of myself...

      Tina, Tina, Tina. You do realize that your precious little California smile doesn't work here. Right?

      I glare at Stacey Niedermeyer.

      What's a California smile?

      Oh, you know, she answers, raising her palms and shrugging dramatically, that fake smile with those chemically whitened teeth. That smile that says you're better than us.

      What!? I don't think -

      Leave it, Tom groans, taking my arm and pulling me toward our lockers.

      Too tired to argue, I let my best friend - well, my only friend at Templeton High - remove me from the gaggle of girls gathered outside Mrs. Chatterson's classroom.

      You can't let her get to you.

      We stop beside my locker and he releases my arm.

      I'm not letting her get to me, I snap, stealing one last glance at Stacey and her entourage as they turn and head in the

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