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Four runaways are living on an anonymous patch of green dividing the lanes of a busy highway, shielded behind the trees. They are all children, who have ended up in this unexpected haven for different reasons. Just as they are starting to trust each other, they witness something that places them in terrible danger. An engaging contemporary survival story.
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