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Book Synopsis''The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be'' STORMZY
''I grew up reading her. It was one of the few books about black people, so I felt seen.'' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS
''The most original book I''ve ever read'' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH
Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing ... [Noughts & Crosses] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage. ZAWE ASHTON
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Just this once. Just this once and no more, I promise.
Please let me get away with it just this once . . .
Tobey wants a better life - for him and for Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the violent gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he''s offered the chance to earn some extra money, how much could it hurt to just this once say ''yes''?
Callie Rose knows all about the danger of saying ''yes''. She knows ab
Trade Review
Blackman "gets" people . . . she "gets" humanity as a whole, too * The Guardian *
Powerful * Sunday Times *
Blackman's absorbing but alarming novel deals with themes of racism and prejudice...Unforgettable * Independent *
Stimulating and emotionally satisfying * Financial Times *
A gritty read for older children . . . At times this is a beautiful love story; at other times it is a harrowing and moral tale... * Bookseller *
Packs some powerful political punches...But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave * Guardian *
Inter-racial teenage love has never been more painful -- Amanda Craig * The Times *
