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When Cass is transported to a surreal, bewildering landscape, her senses are disoriented and she must navigate a world that defies logic. Back at home, Max‑Ernest learns her sister is in a coma and desperately seeks a way to awaken her from the hospital’s sterile wards.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Pseudonymous Bosch
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