Jake's Tower: Part 3

By ELIZABATH LAIRD

I get scared, often, in case it's me. That's why I don't say much in front of her any more. I don't show her what he's done to me.

It's good that I've found this place. I can come here and make my plans. I can do anything in here, and be safe.

My main plan for the future is my dream house. It's going to be very tall and thin, a tower, really. There's going to be a moat all the way around it, and the only way over it is by a drawbridge that's pulled up all the time, except when I want to get across myself.

There'll be a lift in the tower to whiz me up to the top. My room will be up there. It's totally safe. There's no way anyone can get to me. No way at all.

Publisher: Macmillan

Age group: 12 plus yrs


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