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Fearless

Francine Pascal

1999199 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Pocket Pulse · 199 pages · ENGISBN 9780671039417
  • 2002Simon & Schuster, Limited · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780743433006
  • 2003Tandem Library · 212 pages · ENGISBN 9780613688611
  • 2002SIMON & SCHUSTER CHI · ENGISBN 9785551296690
  • 2002Simon & Schuster Childrens Books · 240 pagesISBN 9780743440530
  • 2000Simon & Schuster Childrens Books · 240 pagesISBN 9780671037451
  • 2000Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613215251
  • 2003Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613734134

As a child who grew up in many different homes after her mother died and her father left her, Gaia Moore struggles in life to accept who she is in her newest foster home, in New York. As she goes along, Eddie, a handicap boy, befriends her (she doesn't befriend him). She also struggles with her new foster mom, who, although in her forties, acts as though she's still a teen. What no one really knows (or at least, understands) is that she doesn't have any fear. No fear of anything. She, as she describes it, simply doesn't have the fear gene. As a result, her father made sure that before he left her, she was trained for the fights she often rushed into to help her friends who were being bullied. With karate and other fighting classes on her side, she fights crime in the parks, and always wins. She acts as though she is harmless, but others soon realize things aren't always what they seem.

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Plot intensityEventful
Character focusSingle lead

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Written forMiddle grade

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