Page 10 - My FlipBook
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Tash McAdam
once he left the group home. Part of
their plan.
The book is light brown, with gold
leaf on the leather cover and gold-edged
pages. Becca has read it so often that
the creamy cover is dirty. He reaches
out to put the book back in the box. He
can’t face looking through the pieces of
her life. But as he picks up the book he
realizes there’s something wrong. The
page edges aren’t shiny like they should
be. They are dull and brown, no gold
in sight. Curious, he picks up the book.
He runs his finger down the spine. The
cover feels weird in his hand.
He opens the book. As soon as he
does, he can see what’s wrong. The
pages aren’t pages at all. The cover of
the book has been stuck onto a box.
Sherlock Holmes’s adventures aren’t
anywhere to be seen. There are no pages
inside. No stories. Instead there are
dozens of newspaper clippings.
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