You've probably heard stories about child prodigies, those remarkable children who show incredible aptitudes in art, music, science and mathematics at an early age. Well, once there lived a little girl named Barbara Newhall Follett, who published her first novel at age 12, and for a time became the darling of the literary world. But fame and critical acclaim at such an early age comes with a price, and one day when Barbara was 25 years old, she walked out of her apartment and was never seen again.

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Notes:

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/celebrity/vanishing-act

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-place-of-vanishing-finding-barbara-newhall-follett/

https://www.npr.org/2010/12/18/132135938/barbara-newhall-follett-disappearing-child-genius

https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/20/the-benefits-and-pressures-of-being-a-young-genius/often-child-prodigies-do-not-grow-into-adult-genius

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/15/child-geniuses-prodigies

https://vtdigger.org/2017/12/03/vermont-prodigy-wows-world/

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