Annie and the Blue-Eared Kid

"*Equal rights aren't just a thing for grown-ups. That's what we're trying to prove. And we can't do that if we keep acting like it's how we are different, instead of the same. Differences are..."
"Yeah, we get it, Freddy, but this chick's probably fought hundreds of people on a heck-ton of fronts, right? And she survived all of it."
"But she's never fought us. Not the children of Camp Fun and Games united as one."
"Yeah, we are so going to need a better name, aren't we?"
"Let's let the blue-eared kid decide.*"
―Freddy, John, Savannah van Dukas, and Annie McCallin**[src]**
***Annie and the Blue-Eared Kid*** is a novel written by D. Isaac Thomas. Although he began work on it in 2009, he was stalled and it was not finished and published until November 19, 2013. It is the twentieth book in the D.I.T. Literary Universe and the eighth part of Part Two: The Downfall of Evil.

## Summary

Nine-year-old Annie McCallin has seen much through the adventures she's found herself in, but never did she think she'd meet a socially awkward outcast with blue ears. But at a play during Summer Break, she does. But when both of them meet up at summer camp, and are later captured and enslaved to two villainous fiends, they must work together or be destroyed.

## Plot

Six hundred years ago, and in response to the Blue Snow Crisis, a man named Stephen invented the Naegri in a last-ditch effort to save mankind. But their creation only made things worse when some men aimed to greedily exploit them, and the spikes were ultimately buried deep underground. In the present day, the events of two years past have led to the Naegri's reactivation and the return of Mykew Hadeline to Earth after she had been banished into the underworld. Hadeline aims to regain favor with her mother the Black Queen, the ruler of the Realm, by gathering the striking points to form "The Unification", which will destroy Earth and force open the mystical Dark Gate.

Hadeline manages to retrieve one Naegri from Central America, prompting their chief to alert agent Nicholas Jaxon. Meanwhile, in the city of Provo, Annie McCallin completes the third grade and goes to the theater, where it occurs to her that an actress has blue ears, one who introduces herself as Savannah van Dukas and admits she does not know why her ears are blue. She soon receives a notice in the mail promoting Camp Fun and Games, a fully supervised outdoor summer camp. Annie meets Charity Hirz and her assistant, Cherical McGregor, who reveal that they will take them to Big Castle Park on the last day of camp. Campers, which include Jose Camargo, Robert Bremmer, Rose, Pamela, Chastity, and Freddy, among others, spend much of their time at Camp Fun and Games doing many organized activities together, including football, tennis, soccer, fishing, arts and crafts, and hiking. Meanwhile, Hadeline retrieves the third of the Naegri. Eventually, Annie visits Charity in her office and the two become friends. The next day, and the eve of Big Castle Park, Annie thinks Charity is torturing Savannah and immediately realizes the situation has to be a conspiracy, this coupled from the other events. Later that day, Robert introduces his girlfriend, "Holly", who turns out to be Hadeline's agent Laura Hu, who murders him in cold blood. Using several stolen transactions, Hadeline expands her operations and kills Bran.

At Big Castle Park, Charity reconnects with her ex-boyfriend, Conrad, who is currently a lifeguard. They are taken to the t and i Factory and enslaved there indefinitely. Robert's murder prompts a vengeful Annie and Savannah to form their own secret organization to combat Hadeline's imminent invasion. The organization, named the Union of Ladybugs, figures out how to use the fifth and final Naegri, but then a girl named Jamie Smith takes it for her benefactor, leading to Charity dueling Savannah. Coming to suspect something, Charity and Cherical hold a ceremony to test the kids’ loyalty. When Annie and Savannah did not pass, Charity attempts to have both of them killed to draw out Hadeline's legions of Wraiths. Without the union to aid them, the heroes travel to the place where Mykew Hadeline plans to unite the five Naegri once again and destroy the world.

The team fights their way through the Wraiths to reach Hadeline, although they are unable to distract her enough for Nicholas Jaxon to separate the Naegri, all while Dukas fights a telepathic battle with her on the Astral Plane. Hadeline reveals that her benefactor had puppeteered a supernatural phenomenon to be "the Orc Devil", which had led to the School War. McSnake casts a storm of fire; unable to control it, he cannot prevent Hirz from burning to death. After Jamie turns on Hadeline, the Unification is thwarted, Laura is placed under arrest, and Hadeline is defeated once and for all. Haunted by Charity's death, Cherical leads Annie and Savannah to the back of the factory. The Pit of Holograms show Charity's memories to Annie and Savannah: Charity had been a victim of neurotypical supremacism and mentally deformed by her own mother; Cherical had sworn a life debt to Charity when she saved him from a thug, and they had planned to become a superhero pair, and that they had enslaved the children for the noble cause of thwarting the Unification and Charity planned on compensating them and their families prior to her untimely death. The children are all transported home and all begin leading valiant lives as they embrace the public spotlight as heroes. With a new academic year coming up, Annie and Savannah both agree on setting up a squad to investigate a new threat to Westridge. In a Postscript scene, Genesis awakens from suspended animation.

## Development

According to D. Isaac Thomas, he had permission to use Sabrina Carpenter, who deeply resembled his visage of Annie, on the cover of the book.

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## Appearances

### Mentioned

* Black Queen
* Hilary J. Black
* Thunder Quarters

### New characters

* Freddy
* Laura Hu
* Pamela

## External Links

Annie and the Blue-Eared Kid - Novelization