ISBN |
9780141378640 (paperback) |
Name |
Blackman, Malorie author. |
Title |
Noughts & crosses / Malorie Blackman. |
Published |
London : Penguin Books, 2017. |
©2001 |
Description |
437 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
First published by Doubleday 2001. Also published with title: Black and white. |
Includes preview of the next book in the Noughts & crosses series: Knife edge. |
Summary |
Sephy is a Cross -- a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a Nought -- a "colourless" member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood, but that's as far as it can go. In their world, Noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum -- a romance that is to lead both of them into terrible danger. Can they possibly find a way to be together? |
Target audience note |
Teens + |
Subjects |
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction |
Racism -- Juvenile fiction |
Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction |
Gangs -- Juvenile fiction |
Terrorism -- Juvenile fiction |
Social classes -- Juvenile fiction |
Families -- Juvenile fiction |
Youth fiction |
Genre |
Dystopian fiction |
Added titles |
Black and white. |
Series |
Noughts & crosses sequence 01. |
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