Island of Secrets
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No one can accuse the thirteen year old Lady Matilda of not knowing her own mind or anyone else's for that matter; but when a stranger comes claiming to know the origins of her adopted brother, she's not so sure. As answers are given, more questions are raised until all control and pretence of secrecy is lost and no one, not even Matilda can predict what will happen.
Could there be more to her brother's past than anyone thought possible? Could she lose him to this stranger?
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