'Alexander Gordon Smith's Tale Of Solitary'

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After being imprisoned of a crime that he did not commit, fourteen year old Alex Sawyer Thought that he had escape from the hellish place of Furnace Penitentiary. He had a perfect plan, he even felt the fresh, cool air on his face. But then the dogs came. Instead of escaping the hell he was in he finds himself where new darker horrors await him, in solitary confinement. Solitary is the next book of the Furnace series, Alexander Gordon Smith has made a very fascinating thriller. I was going to be expecting another person-being-framed-for-a-crime type of deal, but Gordon has made that type of drama into a way more invigorating experience for almost any reader. He has included so much more to this type of drama, this isn’t one of the best books

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