The Vanishing Summer
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Cleveland, 2007 - A brutal heatwave grips the city as dozens of teens gather at an abandoned house near the old steel mill for a summer party that promises escape. But by dawn, half the guests are gone - and no one remembers how the night ended.
For 17-year-old Ava Cole, the disappearance of her sister Marissa fractures her world. The police call it a runaway. Her mother calls it punishment. But Ava knows something else happened that night - something that still whispers in the dark corners of their house.
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