Noughts & Crosses

<b><u>Now a major TV series on the BBC</u></b><p><b>'The <i>Noughts & Crosses</i> series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' </b>STORMZY</p><p><b>'Malorie's Noughts & Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book . . . they were pacey, exciting, rich. What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.'</b> CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS</p><p><b>'The most original book I've ever read'</b> BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH</p><p><b>'Malorie Blackman is absolutely <i>amazing </i>... [<i>Noughts & Crosses</i>] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.' </b>ZAWE ASHTON</p><p>-----</p><p><i>'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!'</i></p><p><b>Sephy </b>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.</p><p><b>Callum</b> is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life.</p><p>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.</p><p>Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.</p><p>But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.</p><p><b><i>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. </i></b></p>