Beyond the Pale Rose
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Cassandra is living to die, but Michael is dying to live. They are from two different worlds, but they share a broken heart.
This is the story of a boy and a girl in dystopian post-war America, attempting to navigate a world of pain, poverty, peril and prejudice, and trying to live- and run away from it. Caught in the throngs of childhood and the cusp of maturity, this is a compelling coming-of-age novel of loss and love, hope and harmony, and what it truly means to survive in an apocalyptic war-torn world.
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