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  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Praise for Malorie Blackman’s books
  4. Also available by Malorie Blackman for young adult readers
  5. Dedication
  6. Family Tree
  7. Epigraph
  8. NOW
  9. one. Tobey
  10. two. Libby
  11. Then
  12. three. Place Names
  13. four. Isabella Monroe
  14. five. Kellan Bruemann
  15. NOW
  16. six. Libby
  17. Daily Shouter Online
  18. Then
  19. seven. Patrix Ellerman
  20. eight. Tobey Durbridge
  21. nine. Circulating
  22. NOW
  23. ten. Troy
  24. Then
  25. eleven. Owen Dowd
  26. twelve. Eva Foxton
  27. thirteen. Tom Jeavons
  28. NOW
  29. Then
  30. fourteen. Sephy Ealing
  31. fifteen. The Night That Would Never End
  32. NOW
  33. sixteen. Sephy
  34. seventeen. Libby
  35. eighteen. Sephy
  36. nineteen. Tobey
  37. twenty. Sephy
  38. twenty-one. Libby
  39. twenty-two. Troy
  40. twenty-three. Libby
  41. twenty-four. Tobey
  42. twenty-five. Troy
  43. twenty-six. Callie
  44. twenty-seven. Tobey
  45. twenty-eight. Troy
  46. twenty-nine. Callie
  47. thirty. Sephy
  48. thirty-one. Libby
  49. thirty-two. Sephy
  50. thirty-three. Tobey
  51. thirty-four. Sephy
  52. thirty-five. Troy
  53. thirty-six. Callie
  54. thirty-seven. Tobey
  55. thirty-eight. Callie
  56. thirty-nine. Sephy
  57. forty. Tobey
  58. forty-one. Sephy
  59. forty-two. Troy
  60. forty-three. Callie
  61. forty-four. Sephy
  62. forty-five. Libby
  63. forty-six. Sephy
  64. forty-seven. Troy
  65. forty-eight. Tobey
  66. forty-nine. Sephy
  67. fifty. Libby
  68. fifty-one. Sephy
  69. fifty-two. Callie
  70. fifty-three. Tobey
  71. fifty-four. Sephy
  72. fifty-five. Troy
  73. fifty-six. Libby
  74. fifty-seven. Callie
  75. fifty-eight. Sephy
  76. fifty-nine. Tobey
  77. sixty. Callie
  78. sixty-one. Sephy
  79. sixty-two. Tobey
  80. sixty-three. Sephy
  81. sixty-four. Tobey
  82. sixty-five. Troy
  83. sixty-six. Callie
  84. THREE MONTHS LATER
  85. sixty-seven. Tobey
  86. sixty-eight. Troy
  87. sixty-nine. Callie
  88. seventy. Libby
  89. Acknowledgements
  90. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

‘Are you dizzy? Have you got a headache?’

‘No. Why?’

‘You rubbed your head when you sat up. Did you bang it? Is it hurting?’

‘Libby, stop panicking. Apart from a trashed ankle, I’m fine. I’ll survive,’ Troy insisted.

‘You fainted—’

‘I momentarily passed out because of the pain in my ankle when I hit the ground,’ Troy corrected pointedly.

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say he was embarrassed.

‘Tell me if you start to feel dizzy.’

‘And what will you do?’ asked Troy. ‘Worry about me?’

OK, he didn’t need to make it quite so plain that he thought I was useless. I sat down on the crate beside him, but turned my head so he wouldn’t see the tears glistening. Troy sighed.

‘Libby, I’m sorry, OK? What happened was my own stupid fault and I’m angry, but not with you. I shouldn’t take it out on you.’

I turned back to him and did my best to smile, but it felt like my face was wet clay being moulded into a caricature of a smile.

Troy’s ankle was swollen, he couldn’t stand unaided, his face was still grey, and we were in deep, deep trouble.

‘Libby, listen to me. I’ll survive.’

‘If I take your hand and stand beside you, d’you mind if I survive with you?’ I asked.

Troy looked me in the eyes and said, ‘I wouldn’t have it any other way.’

Daily Shouter Online

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BREAKING NEWS. Government announces ‘review’ of Human Rights Bill

The government announced today that there will be a formal ‘review’ of the Albion Human Rights Bill as it currently stands. Review proposals include the right to ban any demonstration, protest or march attended by more than ten people deemed to be ‘disruptive’. This includes any demonstration described as ‘too noisy’.

A government spokesperson stated, ‘The pendulum has swung too far in one direction. Organizations and government departments cannot be held to ransom by individuals with an axe to grind bringing frivolous cases to trial. A revision of the Albion Human Rights Bill now that we may be leaving the Zafrikan Trading Alliance is long overdue.’

Shadow Home Secretary Helena Hayden, however, stated, ‘We must ensure that the laws and processes that allow us to hold the powerful to account are protected for the good of democracy in this country. It’s called the Human Rights Bill, not the Big Organizations Rights Bill, for a reason. The right to march, protest and hold big businesses accountable for their actions is a fundamental tenet of any true democracy. This government is seeking to undermine the protections that have been the right of every Albion citizen for decades. We must not allow them to water down the bill or we will all suffer.’

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DAN’S SINNER PARTY

seven. Patrix Ellerman