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FROM THE SHADOWS BETWEEN colossal trees the dawn mist drifts across the trail. A girl is running hard, a basket of laundry on her head, hands struggling to keep it there. She'll have to ditch the basket if she is serious about putting distance between herself and her pursuers, but she pictures her mother, hands on hips, enquiring after the whereabouts of what was almost their entire wardrobe. A male voice barked somewhere behind her and seconds later, three short bursts of automatic rifle fire thudded in quick succession. The soldiers must have seen or heard her and followed her back into the forest. Jasmine Gavidia is the only witness to a massacre by the Salvadoran army and they want her dead. Who can she trust? This is the story of a 14-year-old girl growing up fast - a fast-paced adventure with explosive action and refreshing honesty.

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