This extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities.

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This extract from Andrew O’Hagan’s novel, Be Near Me, is centred around a boat trip that the narrator – a priest – is taking with two of his young parishioners.

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China Mieville's text is taken from the Prologue of his book called 'King Rat', and is the description of an ambitious rat setting off on a mission.

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This extract from Kei Miller's novel, The Same Earth, tells the story of Jonathon and his supposed drowning in the river.

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This extract is taken from Keith Gray's novel, The Chain. The extract deals with a young girl who gets engrossed in reading from a book to her father, who is dying in hospital.

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This extract from Louise Doughty's novel, Stone Cradle, concerns the tragedy of infant mortality, particularly in vulnerable communities where the poorest members don't have the means to bury their

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