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After a sharp disagreement with her mother’s new partner, Savannah disappears, leading everyone to assume she has run off. The reality is far darker: she is taken by a man in a white van and locked in an abandoned trailer. Ten months earlier, a girl named Jenny suffered a similar fate, and her brush with death suggests a pattern.
Now Savannah and Jenny discover each other’s stories and face the looming threat of their captor. With the stakes high and the timer ticking, they must decide whether to risk all in order to break free or to stay and wait, knowing the stakes might determine whether they survive or become the next victim.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: April Henry
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