"Kylie's gaze shot out the kitchen window to the patio where she'd seen her mom earlier. There, a pair of her dad's tighty-whities dangled half out of the smoldering grill" (Chapter 1).

"Thanks to Trey dumping her and her parents divorcing, Kylie's whole summer was headed for the toilet. And the way things were going, someone was going to walk by and flush it" (Chapter 2).

"Tearing her gaze away, she eyed the door and fought the urge to run. Run fast and hard. But face it, she had never been a good runner, and too many freaks stood between her and the door" (Chapter 6).

"You sent me to a camp with real freaks, a bunch of bloodsuckers and cat killers. And oh, I'm a freak too, but they don't know what kind yet" (Chapter 9).

"Kylie dropped her forehead on her knees. She was either a supernatural or dying of...