The Runner-Up
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Last published Wed, Mar 9, 2016
Joey Palmer is just a young boy with a joyful mind. How could he get into trouble?
Tyler, his older brother, has asked him to set out and go join a peaceful protest to overthrow the government. Although much to his surprise, something goes wrong! Tyler is captured! Joey is running for his life! He wants to live against the horrible government and get back home. He also wants to get his brother back.
Will he be able to survive the dense forest that borders the city capital?
Will he get home?
Or
Will he go rescue his brother?
Will he risk his life and go back?
Find out on the all new Book!
The Runner-Up
By Derrick Davila
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❝ 𝘪'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 ❞ ― 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 . . . 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ❪ 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 ❫ 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 @𝘵𝘪𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘴 © -𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘥𝘹𝘴𝘵 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒Complete
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