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The Giordano sisters, residents of Nightshade—a California beach town where humans and supernatural beings coexist—take on summer jobs that lead them deep into the town’s hidden mysteries. While working, they uncover a strange double phenomenon and encounter massive football players with supernatural origins, uncovering a web of secrets that challenges their understanding of reality and family.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Marlene Perez
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