Moonlight Through the Manhole - a long short story

Ithaka O.

Synopsis

In a town where four children have vanished without a trace, one curious first-grader believes he knows the extraterrestrial truth.When Billy Clifford spots mysterious flashes of light beneath a manhole cover, he embarks on a nocturnal adventure that leads him into the winding passages of Everton’s sewer system. What he discovers below challenges everything he thought he knew about his missing classmates—and himself…*A bittersweet tale of childhood wonder, plucky courage, and invisible scars that bind outcasts together.

Disponible depuis: 26/06/2022.

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