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Tom Finder And The Magic Flute
Tom Finder, a 15 year old boy, who wakes up in the middle of Prince's Island forgetting everything about himself. Tom wanders the streets looking for his parents but does not remember how they look like. Tom finds himself in a quest searching for the son of Samuel Wolfberg, Daniel. Tom slowly learns how to survive in the streets. In Tom's backpack, there was a notebook with the words "Mozart" and "The Magic Flute", which he uses as hints which led him to the opera. The power of the music slowly helps him get his memory back. Tom remembered that his mom and her boyfriend were alcoholics and he ran away after being abused by his mom's boyfriend. Tom goes to his house but never enters and starts wandering the streets of Prince's Island

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