Author:Malorie Blackman
'Another emotional hard-hitter' Sunday Times
My name is Callie Rose.
My mum is a Cross – one of the so-called ruling elite.
My dad was a Nought. My dad was a murderer. My dad was a terrorist.
These facts are the only things that are mine and real. So I don’t mind so much that I’m leaving it all behind. There’s nothing here worth holding onto.
Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor. For Callie Rose, growing up mixed race in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she’s an outsider wherever she turns.
Enter Jude McGregor. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie.
But soon Callie is caught in a trap she can’t get out of – one which will have deadly consequences.
Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.
‘Dramatic, intensely moving’ Carousel
Blackman's absorbing but alarming novel deals with themes of racism and prejudice...Unforgettable
—— IndependentStimulating and emotionally satisfying
—— Financial TimesA gritty read for older children . . . At times this is a beautiful love story; at other times it is a harrowing and moral tale...
—— BooksellerPacks some powerful political punches...But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave
—— GuardianInter-racial teenage love has never been more painful
—— Amanda Craig , The TimesJacqueline Wilson has the knack of focusing on problems in a child's life with humour and sensitive intuition
—— Books for your ChildrenAnother winner by Jacqueline Wilson with all the wit and verve that we now associate with this author. Impossible to put down, children will love it
—— The School LibrarianJacqueline Wilson has a distinctive narrative style with her spunky and articulate young heroines . . . A funny, punchy and quite moving read
—— BooksellerThis is a brilliant book!
—— Scribbler