Dan Smith
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  in The United Kingdom
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  September 2009
  |   | The Child Thief 
          
                
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               2012
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              35 editions
          
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|   | My Friend the Enemy 
          
                
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               2013
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              15 editions
          
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|   | Big Game 
          
                
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                published
               2015
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              4 editions
          
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|   | My Brother's Secret 
          
                
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               2014
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              13 editions
          
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|   | Red Winter 
          
                
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                published
               2013
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              17 editions
          
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|   | Boy X 
          
                
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                published
               2016
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              9 editions
          
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|   | She Wolf 
          
                
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                published
               2019
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              5 editions
          
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|   | Below Zero 
          
                
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               2018
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              4 editions
          
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|   | The Darkest Heart 
          
                
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               2014
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              14 editions
          
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|   | Dry Season 
          
                
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               2010
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              8 editions
          
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      “I wept for the darkness that had come into this life and for the light that had gone out of it. I wept for the space that would never be filled.”
    
― The Child Thief
  ― The Child Thief
      “Human nature is human nature. We subject ourselves to things we know we might not be able to endure. We do it to test ourselves, to scratch an itch, to punish ourselves. Whatever the reason, we can’t help but look at atrocity. Even if it’s only to reassure ourselves that our own life could always be worse. I”
    
― The Darkest Heart
  ― The Darkest Heart
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| UK Book Club: Kim's A-Z Challenge | 6 | 22 | Jan 18, 2012 09:10AM | |
| Book Geeks and B...: The Book Squirrel's list | 19 | 35 | Mar 31, 2012 03:40AM | |
| You'll love this ...:  What have you just bought? (CLOSED) | 1027 | 365 | Sep 20, 2012 09:39AM | |
| UK Book Club: * Introducing the genre challenge | 716 | 630 | Oct 25, 2012 07:11AM | |
| Around the World ...: Ian's No Time Limit Circumnavigation | 10 | 71 | Dec 02, 2012 10:04AM | |
| Read 150+ Books a...: Book Squirrel's List for 2012 | 143 | 91 | Jan 04, 2013 11:39AM | |
| UK Book Club: Chris's - Around the World in 80 Books | 146 | 146 | Mar 15, 2013 03:19PM | 
      “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
    
― Lord of the Flies
  ― Lord of the Flies
      “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
    
― Airman's Odyssey
  ― Airman's Odyssey
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