Terra-ble

Venia Springer may have a pretentious Latin first name, but she's actually very down-to-earth. Quite literally. Venia has always had a peculiar talent regarding earth, yet she'd always been able to downplay it- forget she was severely abnormal. That all changes when she is unceremoniously dumped into a school where children with unique 'abilities' are the norm. These talents range from Divination to Radioactivity. Although everyone is suitably freakish, it turns out she is the worst of them all, as she is named the infamous Terra Flectere, due to her ability to control the earth with only her mind.

Once she has recovered from the shock, there is also the Head of Scientific Development Regarding the Talented, Ms. Van Lullen, who is the government's (and arguably Satan's) representative at the school, to contend with. Needless to say her and Venia struggle to see eye to eye on everything from Van Lullen's enormous calves to just how crazy you can act before you're mistaken for a psychopath.

Besides this turmoil, murder and young love are both polluting the air better than any methane gas could. Though unrelated to each other, they wreck havoc on an unsuspecting Venia and her peers, who are simply endeavouring to make it through the school year. Additionally links from a dark, murky past of slavery are slowly floating to the surface- no matter how much anyone tries to repress the memories. Venia's appearance has made this new world reach boiling point. Lucky her...