In the StoryThe School Fair
In six weeks, a child will die at the school fair. Mara is the only one who remembers. Parents prepare the booths, teachers assign tasks, children look forward to their day. For Mara Ellis, every detail of the program already foretells a tragedy. She wants to warn without terrifying, to persuade without becoming the person everyone avoids in the schoolyard.
Open the novel ↗A moment in the opening pages
Mara Ellis put it on the table between the jam jar and the Wattlebank Public School plan, then tugged gently on the plastic tab. The clasp gave way with a sharp snap.Read the excerpt ↗