Joy
Imprisoned in child detention, Jacob finds himself alone desperate to reach the outside world. Help from an unlikely source gives his predicament an even weirder twist.
Imprisoned in child detention, Jacob finds himself alone desperate to reach the outside world. Help from an unlikely source gives his predicament an even weirder twist.
Badger Skelton
Jacob
Juliet Cowan
Alice
Olivia Booth-Ford
Joy
Hara Yannas
Jacob's Mum
Okorie Chukwu
Michael
Imprisoned in child detention, Jacob finds himself alone desperate to reach the outside world. Help from an unlikely source gives his predicament an even weirder twist.
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