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|author= Kerry Drewery
|title= Cell 7
|rating= 4
|genre= Teens
|summary=Tired of ''Big Brother'' and ''I'm a Celebrity..?'' Maybe you'd prefer something more gritty, something more 'real?' Welcome to the evolution of reality TV: ''Death is Justice'' gives you, the viewer, the power of life and death. Listen to the evidence, decide whether the condemned criminal is guilty or innocent and then simply text DIE or LIVE to 7997 (Calls cost £5).
Since the abolition of the court system a few years ago, the power of jury has been given to the people. Those accused of murder have seven days in seven cells, each with their own particular method of psychological torture. On the last day, the accused is led to Cell 7, dominated by the imposing electric chair in the centre. As the public votes pour in, viewers wait with eager anticipation to see if there will be a live execution that evening...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471405591</amazonuk>
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|author=Raymond Floodgate
|summary=''It felt like there was boiling water inside my head. To cool it down, I had to leave…'' Those words aren't spoken by Alpha, the narrator of this graphic novel, but they might have been. Living in Abidjan, on the south coast of Cote d'Ivoire in Africa, he is determined to get out to go to Paris, and a relative's hair salon and a much better life. It's not just the boiling water that is causing him to jump out the frying pan into the unknown fire, but the fact that his wife and son went already, and he's trying to follow in their footsteps. ''Your feet become your head. Your body obeys them'' he observes at one point during the ordeal – but there are people smugglers galore, and blind chance to also obey along the way…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1911370014</amazonuk>
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