Around This World
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Last published Sat, Jun 17, 2017
Hailey's mother disappeared when she was 3. She has no memory of her mother, her grandma and dad won't tell her anything, they say she looked just like her mother and had the personality of her too! Hailey had to move when she was 5 from Australia to Canada to live with her grandma. Hailey turned sixteen and she thinks it's time...... time to find her mother...... Hailey and the help of her friends and new friends to fly back to Australia in search of her mother! They face great danger and some sad memories are brought back to her mind. She had the whole summer to find her mother but can she find her mom? Will this mystery finally be solved?
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