The Death of Me
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In the small town of Clairfield, everyone knows everyone... and everyone has something to hide.
Thomas Rein has become the town's favorite target. Branded an outcast and desperate to escape the life closing in around him, he vanishes without a trace.
Everyone believes Thomas is dead.
Everyone except Daniel Scott.
Unable to shake the feeling that something doesn't add up, Daniel becomes obsessed with finding Thomas. But every answer uncovers another lie, pulling him deeper into a town where gossip passes for truth, faith is wielded as a weapon, and no one is as innocent as they seem.
In Clairfield, the greatest illusion isn't magic.
It's the stories people choose to believe.
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🏆 1st place winner of Ace Awards 2020 in LGBTQ.
🏆 Grand prize winner of Top Shelf Teen Fiction Awards 2019.
🏆 1st place winner of Top Shelf Teen Fiction Awards 2019 in LGBTQ.
🏆 2nd place Winner of The Butterfly Awards 2019 in Teen Fiction.
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