The Quiet Game
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Last published Sat, Dec 21, 2013
Two troubled teenagers are on the brink of devastation.
Connor is unloved, overshadowed by everyone who surrounds him.
Amy is falling apart, under constant pressure to succeed.
And then they play the Quiet Game.
They confound their friends and family and start a movement.
But can their silence save them from their inevitable destruction?
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