The Grandfather Clock
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When 8 yr old Roland gets an old Grandfather clock put into his room, strange things begin happening. Things like keys being in his mailbox without a sender. Or the dreams of things that nobody understands. What is happening, and what does the Grandfather clock have to do with it?
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