"Speculative fiction at its very best, this book redefined what children’s books can do and be." ~ Elle McNicoll, Guest Editor February 2023
"A book that dared to go where no one thought you could with young audiences because it raises tough stuff to do with race." Michael Rosen
LoveReading4Kids Review: It takes a brave author such as Malorie Blackman to consider a sequence of the like of Noughts and Crosses and to pull it off with utmost aplomb. Award-winning author Blackman has tackled the issues of racism and prejudice in a world set in an alternate historical reality. Although 11 year olds will take great joy and learn much from reading this first one in the sequence, adults will devour it with equal enthusiasm. The contrast of the two main protagonists makes the novel totally compelling and the writing style is both original and superbly paced. The plot unravels at the pace of a thriller and as a consequence it’s a book that is almost impossible to put down.
Books in the Noughts & Crosses Series:
1. Noughts & Crosses
2. Knife Edge
3. Checkmate
4. Double Cross
5. Crossfire
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Celebrate twenty-five years of Noughts & Crosses with this beautiful, luxe special edition, including a new foreword from Stormzy.
'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. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. 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. They've been friends since they were children, and they both know that's as far as it can ever go.
Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies - love is out of the question. Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other. But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.
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.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Noughts & Crosses and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Noughts & Crosses features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Stories about Family and Friends, Fantasy / Magical, Romance / Relationship Stories, Gritty Reads, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Noughts & Crosses is available in Hardback, Paperback
Noughts & Crosses was written by Malorie Blackman and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Noughts & Crosses has 437 pages
£18.00
