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It's also similar to Harry Potter and Divergent. Just as there was a rash of vampire/paranormal YA fiction after Twilight, there's currently a run on quasi-facist highly and arbitrarily segregated dystopias. Art reacts to life.

Mark is right. Don't worry about whether it's been done before. Write your story and work on doing it right. You can always get feedback from beta readers about whether it feels too derivative and then polish world-building details in later drafts. Get it written now.

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