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When Gwendolyn Bloom’s father vanishes, the young heroine assumes a new identity and embarks on a perilous cross‑European quest to bring him back alive. Facing danger, deception, and moral tests, she becomes not only a seeker but a reluctant agent of cruelty—mirroring the very people who took him.
Her journey is a tense adventure that explores themes of identity, survival, and the ethical limits of a desperate rescue. Along the way, Gwendolyn confronts the stark realities of missing‑person cases and the darker sides of human nature in a world where leadership can turn into abandonment.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Scott Bergstrom
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