Tomorrow Will Be Kinder (Watty Awards 2012)
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All her life, Maisie’s been in the shadows, her two elder sisters taking the spotlight. She doesn’t mind though – anyway, she much prefers being on the other side of the camera.
But what happens when two new people arrive in town?
The first, a stunning, dancing boy who captures her heart in an instant?
And the second, a person so tormenting, it pushes Maisie to run away?
Maisie soon finds out that everybody’s got a dark side.
And time’s running out.
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