Noughts & Crosses
Book Details
Author(s)Malorie Blackman
PublisherCorgi Books
ISBN / ASIN0552546321
ISBN-139780552546324
Sales Rank4,876,485
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society.
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?
In this gripping, stimulating and totally absorbing novel, black and white are right and wrong.
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?
In this gripping, stimulating and totally absorbing novel, black and white are right and wrong.










