Prologue

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Tall and brown, the brick academy block towered over the seedy East-End borough it resided in. A run-down greenland surrounded the building, serving as a prime area for naïve youths to break every single rule imaginable, with many secret corners and walls and alleyways for fierce foulness. The school was three stories, which was seen by many as unnecessary because it was debatable whether much learning went on there.

Clitherow Community Academy. Established in Barking, London. Considered a place by many where young children go at age eleven and exit barbaric teenagers, prepared for the finite world that awaits them.

In September, the juveniles who were in year nine just mere months before were now in year ten;  their childish innocence will soon be completely wiped.

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