UP, UP AND AWAY
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❝ I don't quite know where I'm going
but that's never stopped me before. ❞
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When Emma Hardin, an unhappy girl whose life is stuck in limbo, accepts the help of a strange young man who calls himself her tour guide, she has no idea what exactly she's signing up for. But after a series of misadventures ranging from a creepy encounter with the local fortune teller to being chased around town by a band of outlaws, Emma begins to wonder who out of the two of them really needs help: her or this crazy boy who takes life "one joke at a time"?
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