Double Cross Award-winning author by Malorie Blackman (author) (UK edition)

A bomb blast in a hotel killed Callie Rose’s grandmother, and everyone assumes a Nought terrorist was to blame. After all, Noughts are still using extreme violence in their fight for equality with the dark-skinned Crosses. But Callie Rose knows the truth. She knows who really made that bomb. And the guilt is tearing her apart… Meanwhile, her boyfriend Tobey is struggling with his own demons. A Nought boy at an exclusive school, Tobey is discovering that he can’t sit in a no-man’s land while the streets around him are carved up by rival gangs. Offered the chance to earn some fast money by making a few ‘deliveries’, Tobey faces a crossroads in his life. Little does he realise how one small decision will bring a fury of violence down upon them both… The explosive fourth novel in Malorie Blackman’s gripping saga of racial and social prejudice.

“Relentless, powerful and extremely relevant” Independent

“Packs a punch” Guardian

“Shocks and twists … powerful teenage emotions” Sunday Times

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780552559607

Lexile measure

640L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.4; Upper years; 15.0 points

Other details

432 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman has written over fifty books and is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. Her best-loved books include the highly acclaimed Noughts and Crosses sequence and Pig Heart Boy, which also became a major BBC TV series. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children’s Book Award, and has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children’s books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’ and was the Children’s Laureate 2013-15.

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What kids think

sweetpotter10
on 24 October 2016

5 STARS, IT IS BREATH-TAKING ,MIND BOGGLING,AND DRAMATIC .READ.IT.
lebbyland27
on 6 March 2014

this book is brilliant, the 3rd book ( check mate ) got me hooked into the series after my friend bought it for me deffinetly read this book

5out of 5
FallenAngel16
on 20 October 2013

Haunting. Breath-taking. Best book ever written, you have to read it.

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Double Cross Award-winning author by Malorie Blackman (author) (UK edition)