A Light On The Horizon
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"Teenagers are Ruthless"
Thomas Roberts is 12 years old when he is placed into the Lightfall Youth Home. He sees things he never thought he'd see. hear things he'd never thought he'd hear. Will Thomas find his way in this world, or will he go wrong.
A Light On The Horizon follows 12 year old Thomas Roberts as he goes through the difficult world of child care systems and youth correctional facilities. in this book, we not only follow Thomas's happy moments, moments which make us smile, but also his dark moments, moments that he almost gives up.
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"Why did they have to come back?!" "Why do they always want me?!" "Why can't they just leave me alone?!" "WHY?!" Virgil shouts, staring at himself in the mirror, and he can hear his voice in his head, the same old laugh. "Because a storm cloud always brings Darkness." When Virgil's past starts to haunt him, putting the others in serious danger, will he succumb to what he knows, or will his friends be able to make him remember who he's become?
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