He wants nothing to do with the violent gangs that rule the world he lives in.

Double Cross – Tobey wants a better life – for him and for Callie Rose.

But soon Callie is caught in a trap she can’t get out of – one which will have deadly consequences. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie. 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.

Checkmate – Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor.

And he is determined to force her to take sides, and destroy her life. But Jude McGregor blames Sephy for all the tragedies his family has suffered. Sephy Hadley – a Cross, supposedly powerful and privileged – has bound herself forever to her nought lover Callum McGregor’s family. Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they live in.

Knife Edge – Where there has been love, now there is hate.

Callum (novella) – This novella changes the ending of Noughts and Crosses and was published for World Book Day 2012.But Sephy’s baby will be a mixed-race child, its father a nought – in a world where the two classes are divided by colour and never treated as equals. An Eye for An Eye (novella) – Can two wrongs ever make a right? Sephy is a Cross – the daughter of a top politician and a member of the ruling class.Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Cross schools… Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity by Noughts, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum… The two have been friends since early childhood. Callum is a nought – a ‘colourless’ member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. Noughts and Crosses – Sephy is a Cross – a member of the dark-skinned ruling class.Noughts and Crosses is now a BBC TV Show starring Jack Rowan and Masali Baduza.

Their love will lead both of them into terrible danger. She’s dark-skinned and lives a life of privilege. It’s speculative fiction about two star-crossed lovers fighting for a more just world. It’s an alternative history in which native African people colonised the European people. What is the Noughts and Crosses series about?Ĭoming from British author Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses is a series of young adult novels. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.

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