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The Secret of Zoom
Lynne Jonell
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Ten-year-old Christine lives a very sheltered life. She is not allowed to talk with anyone else, not even the orphans who live down the road. Her home is on the edge of a mysterious forest surrounded by barbed wire and an electrified fence. Deep in the forest is Loompski Labs, her mother died in a terrible explosion and where her father still works as lead scientist.
When Taft, an orphan, whispers to her about escaping from the orphanage and a secret
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tunnel that goes into the forest, Christine knows she has to help Taft. Maybe she can even learn something about her mother’s death!
But what Christina learns is that life is very dangerous.
Laced in the rocks along a ridge is a wondrous pink and green substance, a new source of fuel that is dangerously explosive. The substance is called Zoom and is worth millions.
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