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    Detention
    Detention
    Detention
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    Detention

    By Claire Chilton

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    She’s been sentenced to teenage prison for the dumbest reason, ever!

    When Carla Mainston is sentenced to two weeks in juvenile detention for dirtying someone else’s carpet, she promises to never break the rules again—no matter how stupid they are.

    She thinks that the worst that can happen is she'll be bored to death, but it seems that the wicked warden of the institute plans to keep her imprisoned indefinitely in the detention center, along with all the other kids trapped behind its dark walls.

    In an attempt to escape, Carla discovers the monster on the fourth floor and uncovers a darker purpose to the institution. She will have to fight for her freedom if she wants to go home. She will have to break all the rules if she wants to survive...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClaire Chilton
    Release dateApr 12, 2014
    ISBN9781908822321
    Detention
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    Claire Chilton

    After completing her honors degree in English Literature, Claire Chilton was interviewed to work for MI5. Fortunately, for the sake of the United Kingdom, she did not get the job. Now a web designer and graphic designer with a passion for great stories, she writes about the adventures she'd like to have.A prolific writer with wide-ranging interests, Claire specializes in romantic and speculative fiction, which includes genres such as mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror, comedy and romance. Her mystery romance novel, Hustle, won Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest in 2013, and her previous books in The Demon Diaries won the Most Read award on Wattpad.After exploring the world in her misspent youth, traveling across Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, she now lives in an ancient Roman city in Yorkshire with her husband and a fluffy kitten called Shadow, who is convinced she is a bigger cat than she is.You can find Claire online at claire-chilton.com.

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      Book preview

      Detention - Claire Chilton

      THE OUTLIERS

      DETENTION

      book title

      CLAIRE CHILTON

      WWW.CLAIRE-CHILTON.COM

      Detention (The Outliers)

      Copyright © 2007 by Claire Chilton

      The right of Claire Chilton to be identified as the author of the Work has been asserted him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

      First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Claire Chilton.

      All rights reserved.

      Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, and the United Kingdom Copyright Act of 1956 and 1988. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      This edition is published in Great Britain by Claire Chilton

      Illustration by Claire Chilton

      CONTENTS

      COVER

      START

      COPYRIGHT

      CONTENTS

      BOOK DESCRIPTION

      BOOK GIVEAWAY

      DEDICATIONS

      ONE | JUVENILE DETENTION

      TWO | SOLITARY

      THREE | REBELLION

      FOUR | MONSTERS

      FIVE | BROKEN RULES

      SIX | RIOTS

      SEVEN | REHABILITATION

      GLOSSARY

      LEGACY

      SHATTERED

      INHERITANCE

      THE FALLEN QUEEN

      AUTHOR'S NOTE

      AUTHOR

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      THE OUTLIERS

      DETENTION

      SHE'S BEEN SENTENCED TO TEENAGE PRISON...

      When Carla Mainston is sentenced to two weeks in juvenile detention for dirtying someone else’s carpet, she promises to never break the rules again—no matter how stupid they are.

      She thinks that the worst that can happen is she'll be bored to death, but it seems that the wicked warden of the institute plans to keep her imprisoned indefinitely in the detention center, along with all the other kids trapped behind its dark walls.

      In an attempt to escape, Carla discovers the monster on the fourth floor and uncovers a darker purpose to the institution. She will have to fight for her freedom if she wants to go home. She will have to break all the rules if she wants to survive…

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      Read the next book in the series for free, and follow Carla's adventures as she explores the secrets of her colony and discovers her own legacy along the way...

      Wildly, bizarrely, brain-punchingly inventive!

      Derek Landy, author of Skulduggery Pleasant.

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      DEDICATIONS

      This story was written as a thank you to all the wonderful readers of The Outliers. I wanted to give you all something that would make you smile, and I hope this does the trick.

      ONE

      JUVENILE DETENTION

      Oh, you’ve gotta be kidding! Carla Mainston cried as the car pulled up beside the juvenile detention center. She peered through the passenger window at the perimeter wall that was towering above them in gloomy gray stone and casting dark shadows across the road ahead.

      She turned away from the car window to face her mother, who was sitting in the driver’s seat. I can’t stay there. It looks like a prison!

      Her mother frowned at the austere complex through the windshield.

      For a second, Carla felt hope blossom in her chest.

      Then her mother shook her head. "It’s for your own good, and it’s only for two weeks.

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