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Oh god. I have an essay due next week and one of the texts I can use - but don't have to - is Coram Boy. I went to order it but despite (actually because of) being twenty years older than the target audience I don't think I can cope with the subject matter at the beginning. I've been a wreck just reading blurbs and reviews. So I'm going to have to go for the other option - a sci fi thing called Mortal Engines - which probably doesn't fit the question as well. And it's a higher weighted essay. But. I don't want to read about killing babies. *wail*