Red Dirt
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Last published Tue, May 25, 2021
Jaxon Stilt is a 13 year old boy who tirelessly carries the heavy responsibilities thrown on him daily.
When an incident happens, he is worried that word will spread rapidly through the small Australian mining town he lives in. Panic sets in and he makes a choice to run.
The challenges he comes across ends up causing him to live a life of lies. The pressure to keep everything builds.
Death, trauma, kidnapping, identity theft, deceit and betrayal. At what point does the spiral stop? How can he truly be happy when everything that was, is gone?
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