Counting the Miles
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Charlotte McCarty has been an orphan as long as she can remember. She has never know any of her relatives. Davis Parker, Charlotte's best friend and neighbor, has two loving parents and lives right across the street. One day, the police show up a the steps of Mr. and Mrs. Summers' foster home and to their surprise they have came to ask Charlotte if she murdered her parents. The police are so convinced that she killed her parents, that she has to run away. Davis comes with her. Will they find out who is guilty or will they be doomed to the jail cells?
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