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About Talisman: Awakenings

In 1971, Pine Land, New Jersey is the kind of town where everyone knows your name and kids ride their bikes until the streetlights come on. But everything changes when smart-mouthed 11-year-old misfit Cairo Johnson uncovers a mysterious alien talisman hidden just beneath the surface of his ordinary world.

With the help of his loyal neighbor and big-brother figure, Billy Driscoll, Cairo quickly learns that the artifact is more than just a strange discovery—it’s powerful, dangerous, and being hunted. A shadowy stranger named Samuel Silva delivers a chilling warning: hand over the talisman, or prepare for the kind of trouble Pine Land has never seen before.

As the danger escalates, Cairo and Billy are swept into an extraordinary adventure filled with secrets, prophecy, and impossible choices. Was Cairo meant to find the talisman? Can a kid barely old enough to survive middle school carry the fate of the world on his shoulders? And when destiny comes calling, will Cairo run from it—or rise up to become something greater?