7/4/2023 0 Comments Books like noughts and crosses“Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing … really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage. ‘The most original book I’ve ever read’ BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH Similar items Black & White - by Malorie Blackman (Paperback) Blueblood - (Fairy Tale Revolution) by Malorie Blackman (Hardcover) Two Crosses - (Secrets of. What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS ‘Malorie’s Noughts & Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book. ‘The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be’ STORMZY 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. But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger. Then – in spite of a world that is fiercely against them – these star-crossed lovers choose each other. 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.
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