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FEARLESS, by Francine Pascal, Pocket Pulse, New York, 1999, 199 pages, paperback, $5.99.
"I am powerful. I am graceful. I am angry. I am pure. I am raw. I am alone. I am just like you. But, I'm not. I'm FEARLESS."
That's what it says on the back cover of "Fearless," the first book in a new series aimed at the teen market. Written by Francine Pascal, the author of the successful "Sweet Valley High" series, "Fearless" features Gaia (pronounced guy-uh) Moore as its heroine.
The 17-year-old has a black belt in karate, possesses the skills of a precision markswoman, exhibits the reflex speed of an Olympic athlete and carries around an attitude the size of Mount Olympus. Even though Gaia appears to be a perfect physical specimen, she was born without the ability to feel fear. So, of course, she is in constant peril.
Danger lurks for her everywhere -- on the streets and in the parks of New York City, in the halls of the school she must attend, even in the home where she is forced to live. This is because Gaia's mother was murdered and her father, a covert anti-terrorist mastermind, is in hiding. The teen-ager is constantly being moved from one family to another for her own safety.
"Fearless" is the first book for Pocket Pulse, part of Pocket Books, which is...