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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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No one could begin to guess at the depth of the hatred I held for Sephy Hadley. Everything began with her and my brother. And that''s how it would end.
Where there has been love, now there is hate.
Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they live in.
Sephy Hadley - a Cross, supposedly powerful and privileged - has bound herself forever to her nought lover Callum McGregor''s family.
But Jude Mc
Trade Review
Devastatingly powerful * The Guardian *
Moving and thought-provoking * Observer *
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 *
