Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies - love is out of the question. They've been friends since they were children, and they both know that's as far as it can ever go. Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life.
Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers! 'Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power.īut she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage." ZAWE ASHTON_' What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'The most original book I've ever read' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH "Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing. 'The most original book I've ever read' Benjamin Zephaniah View moreNow a major TV series on the BBC'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY' Malorie's Noughts & Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book. 'The most original book I've ever read' Benjamin Zephaniah Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses is a seminal piece of YA fiction a true modern classic. and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come. Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.īut this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger. Callum is a nought: pale-skinned and poor, he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. 'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!' Sephy is a Cross: dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power.
The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' - Stormzy
** NOW A MAJOR NEW BBC TV SERIES - this edition contains an exclusive Q&A with lead actor Paterson Joseph**' Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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