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The Halfway Tree: Parts 1 & 2 (eBook, ePUB)
NW EBISBN: 9789769698017 bzw. 9769698016, Sprache unbekannt, True Nicks, neu, E-Book.
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Like any ten-year-old, Cherise Martin wants everyone to see how responsible and grown up she is. Despite herfamily's hardships, she is happy and as content as any child can be. One day, during torrential rainfall, her parentshave an argument and her father leaves to meet his friends to blow off some steam but doesn't return. His absencecomes not only as an emotional blow, but also as a financial one to them as well, and her close-knit family begins toimplode, as the strain weighs heavily on them.While all of this is going on, Cherise finds herself, and the other children in her town, haunted and 'hunted' bydouens, a dead spirit of a child that leads children to their doom, that up until now Cherise only believed existed instories. As her small town reels from their children disappearing from schools, playgrounds and even homes,Cherise finds out that she has a strange protection from these jumbies. Worried that her younger sister could betaken as her family circle becomes even smaller, with the help of someone unexpected, she embarks on a journey tofind where the jumbies live and dwell, in the hopes that she can save her family and the missing children.What she finds instead is a deep grudge against her family that has been brewing for over 20 years and the father shethought she had lost. Set in Trinidad and Tobago in the mid-2000s, this standalone urban fantasy novel by debutauthor, True Nicks, is a heartbreaking tale of family and loss, encapsulated by a world of terrifying folklore.
Like any ten-year-old, Cherise Martin wants everyone to see how responsible and grown up she is. Despite herfamily's hardships, she is happy and as content as any child can be. One day, during torrential rainfall, her parentshave an argument and her father leaves to meet his friends to blow off some steam but doesn't return. His absencecomes not only as an emotional blow, but also as a financial one to them as well, and her close-knit family begins toimplode, as the strain weighs heavily on them.While all of this is going on, Cherise finds herself, and the other children in her town, haunted and 'hunted' bydouens, a dead spirit of a child that leads children to their doom, that up until now Cherise only believed existed instories. As her small town reels from their children disappearing from schools, playgrounds and even homes,Cherise finds out that she has a strange protection from these jumbies. Worried that her younger sister could betaken as her family circle becomes even smaller, with the help of someone unexpected, she embarks on a journey tofind where the jumbies live and dwell, in the hopes that she can save her family and the missing children.What she finds instead is a deep grudge against her family that has been brewing for over 20 years and the father shethought she had lost. Set in Trinidad and Tobago in the mid-2000s, this standalone urban fantasy novel by debutauthor, True Nicks, is a heartbreaking tale of family and loss, encapsulated by a world of terrifying folklore.
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