Shadows
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Joan Wesley is not insane. At least, she hopes she isn't. After five years of psychiatric help in a hospital, she hopes to fit in her boarding school once again. But after she witnesses the murder of a girl thought to be missing, Joan now needs to prove her worth and sanity by solving the mysteries of the people around her-and herself- by diving into their shadows.
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