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Bali Rai was born in Leicester where he grew up in a multicultural community dreaming of playing football for Liverpool FC, being Bob Marley or becoming a writer. He writes the books he would have enjoyed as a teenager and his book Rani and Sukh is a set-text for GCSE English. His novel, Killing Honour, won the North East Teenage Book Award, and was described as ""utterly compelling"" by The Bookseller.
So simply done and yet packs an almighty emotional punch ... a wonderful addition to any classroom that is investigating the history of the suffragette movement and the history of Empire. This is a fantastic story about a woman who defied authority and achieved incredible things. It's a wonderful achievement -- The Historian Next Door -- The Historian Next Door Fascinating ... highlights a troubling period of British history in an accessible manner -- BookTrust
