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Three years after her twin sister’s gun‑inspired massacre, Alice inherits both the scars of the tragedy and her twin’s battered face. In a tight‑knit town still haunted by the loss, she fights to maintain her own identity and sanity. When a chance encounter on a deserted highway leads her into a dreamscape filled with the community’s buried nightmares, Alice must confront the true impact of that fateful day and reveal the secret she has kept from those she holds closest to her heart.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Kathryn Barker
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