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Things aren't always greener on the other side... but sometimes, they are. The lives of five boarding school students are turned upside down when an ancient evil is set free to roam the halls. Each student tells their own story and learns their own lessons, but can they prevent this evil from winning? Join these kids on an adventure of a "lifetime" and find out that the body cannot live without a heart or a soul, that some love is toxic, that being popular isn't always as it seems, and that sometimes secrets are better left locked up...

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Publié par	Book Venture Publishing LLC
Date de parution	09 octobre 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781643480039
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Copyright © 2018 by J.T. Carll.
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ISBN-13: Softcover 978-1-64348-001-5
Pdf 978-1-64348-002-2
ePub 978-1-64348-003-9
Kindle 978-1-64348-004-6
Rev. date: 08/18/2018

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Dedication
I would like to dedicate this book to all the teachers in my life that have pushed me and have believed in me, even when it seemed as though I wouldn’t be going anywhere. Because of them, they have inspired me to write and I hope that teachers like them continue to inspire their future students, so that one day we may hear their voices and know their stories. Also, thank you to my friends who have supported me in the journey of publishing my first ever book.

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The cool, crisp current ripped at Lily’s clothes as she stood in isolation on top of the bleak hill. Her breath clung, frozen, to the air as her lungs felt like they were filling with burning embers found in the depths of Hades. A gnarled tree, whose branches twisted and waned any which way, and whose knots seemed to resemble faces moaning in agony, crowned the top of the hill. This tree was known as the hanging tree and it has stood in the same place for what has seemed to be decades. The hanging tree seemed to talk to the dismal world with its’ creaks and groans. The crows that soared high above, answered back with their coarse calls. There stood the silhouette of a girl, under the tree, as the darkness engulfed her and dissipated the image into the growing, dark horizon…
“Happy Birthday Lily!” Sylar declared out loud.
Lily immediately shot him a dirty look. She did her best to fly under the radar, but now she felt so vulnerable with all of the attention directed towards her. Everywhere she looked, Lily saw the blank stares of her fellow students. As Sylar approached closer, Lily got up from her chair and slugged him.

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“Ow! What was that for?” Sylar whimpered as he rubbed his scrawny arm.
Sylar Blackwood was a tall, lanky boy with tousled, copper colored hair. His alabaster skin was like that of a pure moon beam, which made his hazel eyes seem like a kaleidoscope. He couldn’t help but look at Lily with an ornery smile. Lily Hayes was a short, slim girl who would remind you of a pixie with her delicate features that were flecked with freckles. Her fine, auburn hair was pulled back into a ponytail that gently swayed back and forth whenever she walked.
“You know exactly what for, ya dingus!” Lily scolded him.
Lily and Sylar have been friends ever since they were five and today, Lily was turning sixteen. Lily always felt weird about her birthdays. Every year, something bad always happened. When she turned seven, her dog ran away and was hit by a car. On her thirteenth birthday, she got caught in a sudden down pour and ended up catching pneumonia for the rest of the week. Last year, she was walking down the steps when she missed a step and twisted her ankle, but worst of all is that for every birthday, her parents seemed to vanish. They were never there when her dog ran away or when she was sick or even when she injured herself. Lily was not looking forward to her birthday, but Sylar always made a big deal about it and who knows why, but it actually seemed to make him happy. How on earth could she tell him to stop? Both of them, shoulder to shoulder, proceed to walk out of the rec room and into the hallways of St. Thomas’s Boarding Academy. Eyes still staring at them like emotionless statues.
St. Thomas’s Boarding Academy was a very interesting place. Built in the late 1940’s, the stone walls made it feel like a castle, but Lily did not feel like royalty. She felt more like a prisoner trapped inside the humongous confines of the cold, two-story school. The students weren’t much better. Most of the students were snobs and troubled kids, sent to the countryside by their wealthy families. The teachers were