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Elaine Marie Alphin
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A mystery about friendship, missing information and the unsettling gap between how Ian appears to others and what he experiences privately.
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Elaine Marie Alphin
A mystery about friendship, missing information and the unsettling gap between how Ian appears to others and what he experiences privately.
Kevin Sands
This is a supernatural mystery-adventure built around lost identity, eerie local rumours and missing children. Its strongest offer is a forward-moving search: Christopher must recover his memories while uncovering what is happening in the community.
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Rachel Vail
This is a supernatural story about wanting to be noticed and discovering that transformed appearance may complicate, rather than solve, questions of friendship, love and self-worth.
Paul Adam
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Katrina Abbott
Take it as a fast-moving school-and-relationships story involving event planning, competing loyalties, secrets and questions about appearances.