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“You're a Nought and I'm a Cross and there's nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where we'd be left in peace...That's why I started crying. That's why I couldn't stop. For all the things we might've had and all the things we're never going to have.”

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Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman is a British writer renowned for her young adult literature. Her works often explore themes such as race, identity, and power, with her most famous series being 'Noughts & Crosses'. Born on February 8, 1962, Blackman began her writing career in the 1990s. more

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