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Follow a shadow

by Robert Swindells · 1989

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Headed for trouble with drugs and alcohol, a boy who longs to escape his unexciting world discovers a mysterious portrait of a man much like himself, and subsequently becomes involved in a chain of events that change his life forever.

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British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thistime traveltime travelMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 160 pages

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