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This is the hopeful message from Sita Brahmachari, a writer who mixes verse and prose to tell stories that stick.\" - Alex O'Connell, The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes, a small green space in a sprawling grey city. Music, laughter and friendship bind them together and they have big plans for their future - until Kai's family suffers a huge loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrying to cope with his own grief, as well as watching it tear his family apart, Kai is drawn into a new and more dangerous crowd, until his dreams for the future are a distant memory. Excluded from school and retreating from his loved ones, it seems as though his path is set, his story foretold. Orla, Zak and new classmate Om are determined to help him find his way back. 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