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. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie.īut soon Callie is caught in a trap she can’t get out of – one which will have deadly consequences. 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.Įnter Jude McGregor. Malorie Blackman imagines a society where American history has been turned on its head: the dark-skinned Crosses are the ruling class, while the pale (or blank. Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor. So I don’t mind so much that I’m leaving it all behind. These facts are the only things that are mine and real. Stop it Youre all behaving like animals Worse than animals - like. My mum is a Cross – one of the so-called ruling elite. 'Another emotional hard-hitter' Sunday Times
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