Checkmate
'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
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Imprint: RHCP Digital
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Published: 26/12/2008
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ISBN: 9781407048048
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Length: 528 Pages
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RRP: £7.99
Reviews
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Blackman's absorbing but alarming novel deals with themes of racism and prejudice...Unforgettable
Independent
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Stimulating and emotionally satisfying
Financial Times
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A gritty read for older children . . . At times this is a beautiful love story; at other times it is a harrowing and moral tale...
Bookseller
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Packs some powerful political punches...But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave
Guardian
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Inter-racial teenage love has never been more painful
Amanda Craig, The Times
