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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas & Danielle Desouza

Girl, 8, couldn't find any books with characters like her so she wrote some herself

An eight-year-old girl who couldn't find any books with characters that looked like her has decided to write them herself.

Tiana Akoh-Arrey, from South East London, penned her first novel last year - and now hopes she will inspire other kids to do the same as she approaches her fourth.

Her debut My Afro: Twin Best Friends tells the story her and her best friend who had the same type of hair as her "while everyone else has straight, silky or curly hair".

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