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When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
People
Root
Roots
Bigger
Break
Fighting
Free
Read
Dystopia
Things
Hoping

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