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    Aflutter Petrel
    Aflutter Petrel
    Aflutter Petrel
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    Aflutter Petrel

    By George Vaughan

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    In one of the little towns clinging to Northern Tasmania's stark coastline, a place of gnarled hovels and seabirds, a girl and a guy simply must face those facts which cannot go ignored any longer...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorge Vaughan
    Release dateMay 16, 2021
    ISBN9781005413651
    Aflutter Petrel
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    George Vaughan

    George Vaughan is a lover of all things creative from Tasmania, Australia, who has been writing stories for the last fifteen years. His books will be especially enjoyable for fans of Marcus Sedgewick, Lauren Kate and Laini Taylor.First published in 2013 with Out There On Bruny, a story serialised in a local newspaper, George's first actual book, Through Unseeing Eyes, arrived in 2016 to raise money for the conservation of local birdlife.He loves trying all genres and styles, but especially loves it when people have fun reading the end result!

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      Aflutter Petrel - George Vaughan

      Aflutter Petrel

      George Vaughan

      Copyright 2021 by George Vaughan

      Distributed by Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes:

      Thank you for downloading this eBook. This book may not be redistributed for commercial or noncommercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favourite retailer. Thank you for your support.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents either are a product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Cover design by George Vaughan using template and images from Postermywall, images by George Vaughan, and images by Paul Ledger via Flickr.

      This story is dedicated to Jasmyn and the rest of the Banjos crew, who have made that little bakery so much more than a

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