Synopsis

WATTPAD FEATURED NOV 2020 AND OCT 2021 - FROM OUR STARS LIST
WATTPAD MULTICULTURAL FEATURED SEP 2022 - AUSTRALIAN WHISPERERS READING LIST

It's difficult to save someone who doesn't want saving, particularly when they're lying to you.
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Claudia and Jake Cairns have lost their mother, their home, and their innocence.

After surviving a catastrophic bushfire in rural Australia, the 16-year-old twins relocate to Sydney. Forced to move on, Claudia accepts her new life, embracing therapy, school and her new friends. But Jake is less willing to forget.

As information about the fire emerges, ghosts from their past reappear, and Jake grows increasingly self-destructive, Claudia realises she only knows half-truths about what actually happened the day smoke rose over the trees and their world caught alight.

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AWARDS:
CUPID AWARDS 2021 - 1ST PLACE - MYSTERY
THE FLOWER FIELD MINI AWARDS 2021 - 1ST PLACE
JAM-BOARD 2022 AWARDS - 2ND PLACE
LUNAR AWARDS 2021 - 3RD PLACE - TEEN FIC
GOLDEN WRITER AWARDS 2020 - FINALIST - TEEN FIC