Like Real People Do
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Last published Thu, Mar 25, 2021
"Where did ya come from then, the moon"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
Dotty knows what it means to be a fairy, but when her first moon festival arrives she finds herself wandering to the border between Holt and the forbidden. The border she's been told to avoid since she was a child. Beyond it the unknown. But it also happens to be where her mother was last seen before she disappeared. Crossing that line means she might not ever be able to return to her home, her family.
But what if she finds something even better on the other side?
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