Novels Noughts & Crosses Noughts & Crosses There are six books in the series: Noughts and Crosses, Knife Edge, Checkmate, Double Cross, Crossfire, and Endgame. The chapters alternate, with even chapters being Callum's and odd ones Sephy's. The first book is written from two different perspectives – Callum's and Sephy's (Persephone) – and their experiences of their entwined but very different worlds. Seeming to be similar to the United Nations in scope but similar to the European Union in powers, it is playing a role in forcing change by directives and boycotts. An international organisation, the Pangaean Economic Community, exists.

The series takes place in an alternative 21st-century Britain.Īt the time of the series, slavery had been abolished for some time, but segregation, similar to the Jim Crow Laws, continues to operate to keep the Crosses (dark-skinned people) in control of the Noughts (lighter-skinned people). The series is speculative fiction describing an alternative history. Noughts & Crosses is a series of young adult novels by British author Malorie Blackman, including six novels and three novellas. For other uses of Noughts and Crosses, see Noughts and crosses (disambiguation).

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.This article is about the novel series by Malorie Blackman. and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come. Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.īut this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger. 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. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.Ĭallum 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: dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. 'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!'

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

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