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* AmbiguouslyBi: Shreve has his moments, to the point where even he isn't sure.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Shreve has one for both his own little brother, Vig, and for Jack (to a degree).
* BodySnatcher: Several psychics, but most notably The Witch.
* CoolOldGuy: Jerry
* DeadpanSnarker: Shreve is prone to this, being a juvenile delinquent and all.
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Whatever is in Maryland.]]
* EmotionEater: Some psychics, including The Witch [[spoiler:and Shreve.]]
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Shreve and Jack.
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* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler:Shreve, especially during the second book.]]
* MasterOfIllusion: An easy trick for psychics.
* MindManipulation: Another obvious one.
* MasterOfIllusion: An easy trick for psychics.
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* PetTheDog: Shreve's interactions with Jack and his younger brother, Vig.
* PromotionToParent: As a result of his alcoholic mother, Shreve became this to his brother.
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* PromotionToParent: As a result of his alcoholic mother, Shreve became
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* SarcasmFailure: The main sign that something is ''seriously'' wrong with Shreve.
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* SarcasmFailure: The main sign that something is ''seriously'' wrong with Shreve.
Shreve is that he loses is DeadpanSnarker tendencies.
* SanitySlippage: The strain of reading minds and other psychic powers may lead tothis.insanity.
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* Telepathy: Quincrux's ability [[spoiler:and Shreve's.]]
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* Telepathy: {{Telepathy}}: Quincrux's ability [[spoiler:and Shreve's.]]
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* BiTheWay: Warden Kay Anderson.
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-->-- '''Quincrux''', ''Literature/TheTwelveFingeredBoy''
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-->-- '''Quincrux''', ''Literature/TheTwelveFingeredBoy''
''The Twelve-Fingered Boy''
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* ExtraDigits: The book is named after Jack, who has six fingers on each hand.
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''The Twelve-Fingered Boy'' Trilogy is a series of books written by John Hornor Jacobs. The main focus of these books is Shreveport Justice Cannon (or "Shreve"), a smart-mouthed convict and candy dealer in Casimir Pulaski Juvenile Detention Center. However, Shreve's mundane life in prison is changed by the arrival of his new cell mate: Jack Graves. Jack is quiet and reserved; however, his most striking feature is his fingers. Namely, that he has twelve of them.
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''The Twelve-Fingered Boy'' Trilogy is a series of books written by John Hornor Jacobs. The main focus of these books is Shreveport Justice Cannon (or "Shreve"), a smart-mouthed convict and candy dealer in Casimir Pulaski Juvenile Detention Center. However, Shreve's mundane life in prison is changed by the arrival of his new cell mate: Jack Graves. Jack is quiet and reserved; however, his most striking feature is his fingers. Namely, that [[ExtraDigits he has twelve of them.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Shreve has his moments, to the point where even he isn't sure.
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* BigBad: Quincrux, a mysterious psychic with his eyes on Jack. [[spoiler:Supposedly.]]
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* BigBad: Quincrux, a mysterious psychic with his eyes on Jack. [[spoiler:Supposedly.[[spoiler:He isn't really the big bad.]]
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* BiTheWay: Warden Kay Anderson. [[spoiler:Possibly Shreve.]]
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* BiTheWay: Warden Kay Anderson. [[spoiler:Possibly Shreve.]]
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* BiTheWay: Warden Kay Anderson. [[spoiler:Possibly Shreve.]]
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* SharpDressedMan: Practically the defining trait of Booth, one of the correctional officers at Casimir Pulaski.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Shreve has one for both his own little brother, Vig, and for Jack (to a degree).
* BodySnatcher: Several psychics, but most notably The Witch.
* DeadpanSnarker: Shreve is prone to this, being a juvenile delinquent and all.
* BodySnatcher: Several psychics, but most notably The Witch.
* DeadpanSnarker: Shreve is prone to this, being a juvenile delinquent and all.
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* TheDragon: The Witch to Quincrux [[spoiler:(although he isn't that broken up over her death...)]]
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler:Shreve manages the scare '''The Witch''' in the second book. And then he destroys her mind.]]
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Witch, [[spoiler:A.K.A, Ilsa Moteff]]
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* PromotionToParent: As a result of his alcoholic mother, Shreve became this to his brother.
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* SarcasmFailure: The main sign that something is ''seriously'' wrong with Shreve.
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* ArcWords: "Incarcerado".
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* EmotionEater: Some psychics, including The Witch [[spoiler:and Shreve.]]
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Shreve and Quincrux against whatever is in Maryland.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Quincrux may be a sinister older man interested in Jack, but he is ''not'' a pedophile.
* GreatEscape: An escape from both prison and the people hunting Jack.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Shreve and Quincrux against whatever is in Maryland.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Quincrux may be a sinister older man interested in Jack, but he is ''not'' a pedophile.
* GreatEscape: An escape from both prison and the people hunting Jack.
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* PariahPrisoner: [[spoiler:Shreve by the second book.]]
* PeoplePuppets: Powerful enough psychics can control several people at one time.
* PetTheDog: Shreve's interactions with Jack and his younger brother, Vig.
* PeoplePuppets: Powerful enough psychics can control several people at one time.
* PetTheDog: Shreve's interactions with Jack and his younger brother, Vig.
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* BigBad: Quincrux, a mysterious psychic with his eyes on Jack. [[spoiler:Supposedly.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Whatever is in Maryland.]]
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LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler:Shreve, especially during the second book.]]
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DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Forcibly entering someone's mind is framed as an equivalent to sexual assault, [[spoiler:a fact which is especially disturbing when Shreve does it to Jack.]]
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With the mystery of Jack's origins and powers along with an unnerving man determined to get him, Shreve certainly has his work cut out for him. Unfortunately, things are only getting started....
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With the mystery of Jack's origins and powers along with an unnerving man determined to get him, Shreve certainly has his work cut out for him. Unfortunately, things are only getting started....started....
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->''"I am not yet whole. Had I been, I could make this entire yard of boys kill each other. Gleefully."''
-->-- '''Quincrux''', ''Literature/TheTwelveFingeredBoy''
''The Twelve-Fingered Boy'' Trilogy is a series of books written by John Hornor Jacobs. The main focus of these books is Shreveport Justice Cannon (or "Shreve"), a smart-mouthed convict and candy dealer in Casimir Pulaski Juvenile Detention Center. However, Shreve's mundane life in prison is changed by the arrival of his new cell mate: Jack Graves. Jack is quiet and reserved; however, his most striking feature is his fingers. Namely, that he has twelve of them.
With the mystery of Jack's origins and powers along with an unnerving man determined to get him, Shreve certainly has his work cut out for him. Unfortunately, things are only getting started....
-->-- '''Quincrux''', ''Literature/TheTwelveFingeredBoy''
''The Twelve-Fingered Boy'' Trilogy is a series of books written by John Hornor Jacobs. The main focus of these books is Shreveport Justice Cannon (or "Shreve"), a smart-mouthed convict and candy dealer in Casimir Pulaski Juvenile Detention Center. However, Shreve's mundane life in prison is changed by the arrival of his new cell mate: Jack Graves. Jack is quiet and reserved; however, his most striking feature is his fingers. Namely, that he has twelve of them.
With the mystery of Jack's origins and powers along with an unnerving man determined to get him, Shreve certainly has his work cut out for him. Unfortunately, things are only getting started....
