The Light in the Shadows
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Last published Mon, Feb 5, 2018
Ava is not what you would expect of any seemingly normal girl. She was orphaned at a very young age due to circumstances only god understands. Upon finding a letter that opens up a past unknown to her she investigates all of her families belongings and history to find the answer to her question, what am I? When she saves a boy from her school he becomes very attached to her. Will love get in the way of her life mission or will it help give her the push she needs to answer all the questions that lead to the biggest conundrum of her entire life, What am I? Is it the reason my parents were killed?
She may need all the brain power and help that she can get. Everyone else knows she is different but will she find out fast enough to put all the pieces together, Or will the sand in her our glass run out?
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