Between the lines
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Ongoing10m
Last published Wed, Jun 29, 2016
In a world where writing fiction is illegal, Jade writes anyway. She has been locked in the Sprigg since she was 5. 10 years later she has a pillow case full of short stories and a duvet cover full of blank paper. Today is the first day of the month and the new children have come into the Sprigg but something is wrong. 5 of the 12 children can remember everything about their past. They teach Jade about the real world and share their stories together. With Jade's 16th coming up they don't have long before she gets sent into the real world as one of the governments robots. Can they come up with a plan to save the people of the Sprigg in time?
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