Noughts & crosses /
Blackman, Malorie,
Noughts & crosses / Noughts and crosses Malorie Blackman. - 437 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm. - Noughts & crosses sequence ; 1. .
First published by Doubleday 2001. Also published with title: Black and white. Includes preview of the next book in the Noughts & crosses series: Knife edge.
''Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses. 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. Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other. But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.''
9780141378640(pbk.)
Prejudices --Juvenile fiction.
Terrorism --Juvenile fiction.
Social classes --Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Teenage Fiction.
823.92 BLA / 021653
Noughts & crosses / Noughts and crosses Malorie Blackman. - 437 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm. - Noughts & crosses sequence ; 1. .
First published by Doubleday 2001. Also published with title: Black and white. Includes preview of the next book in the Noughts & crosses series: Knife edge.
''Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses. 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. Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other. But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.''
9780141378640(pbk.)
Prejudices --Juvenile fiction.
Terrorism --Juvenile fiction.
Social classes --Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Teenage Fiction.
823.92 BLA / 021653