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The Playhouse

Shayna Krishnasamy

Publisher: Shayna Krishnasamy

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Summary

Nine-year-old Benjy stalks up to an old house and hammers on the door. He’s looking for his sister. He’s furious with his sister. But the girl who opens the door isn’t his sister, or is she? 
	From the bestselling author of Hide and Seek and The Sickroom comes a dark short story about what it’s like to be a kid in an adult world, and the lengths we’re willing to go to protect ourselves and the people we love from all the dangers and devils lurking inside The Playhouse.
Available since: 12/01/2013.

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