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 a colourless member of the underclass who were. Callum is a nought: pale-skinned and poor, he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life. Sephy is a Cross a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. ** NOW A MAJOR NEW BBC TV SERIES - this edition contains an exclusive Q&A with lead actor Paterson Joseph** 'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' - Stormzy 'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!' Sephy is a Cross: dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. Noughts & Crosses is written alternately in the voices of Sephy and Callum, in short chapters that grant the two differing perspectives.
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