"Everything leaves marks, even water..." Two children watching their parents argue inside a greenhouse, an armoured boy and his troubled sister, a human statue who's lost the ability to move and a floating six year old tethered to the backyard fence: the characters in Jan Carson's debut story collec
The Lost Children
โ Scribed by Brett Rutherford
- Publisher
- Crossroad Press
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
SPECIAL GIFT
Two of the children were straight-A students. Two of them were "discipline problems". They were the chosen ones. Handpicked by the Foundation to receive free personal computers. For the Foundation believed in very special children--for a very special mission...
SECRET TERROR
Eleven-year-old Marsha was thrilled with the glistening new computer in her bedroom. And even more thrilled when late at night it began to ask her questions. About her parents. About school. About her teachers. Pretty soon the computer knew everything there was to know about Marsha. Just like a best friend. And Marsha would do anything the computer wanted. Even things that weren't quite right. Because that's what friends were for...
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