Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2020
Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 2019
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Crossfire is the long-awaited new novel in legendary author Malorie Blackman's ground-breaking Noughts & Crosses series.
Thirty-four years have passed since Sephy Hadley - a Cross - first met Callum McGregor - a nought. Their love was forbidden,powerful - and deadly.
Life is seemingly very different now for noughts and Crosses - including for Sephy and Callum's families. But old wounds from the past are hard to heal,and when you're playing a game as dangerous as they are,it won't be long before someone gets caught in the crossfire.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9781785177231Number of pages: 432Weight: 298 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Fast-paced drama will resonate with the interent-era teens... Rich in moral and social issues,this fifth book in the series is devastating about racial attitudes and tantalisingly inconclusive.'- The Sunday Times
'Blackman's absorbing but alarming novel deals with themes of racism and prejudice... Unforgettable.'- Independent
'Packs some powerful political punches...But Blackman never compromises the story,which is dramatic,moving and brave.'- The Guardian
Praise for Noughts & Crosses:
'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be.'- Stormzy
'The most original book I've ever read.'- Benjamin Zephaniah
'Blackman "gets" people... she "gets" humanity as a whole,too.'- TheGuardian
'Powerful.'- TheSunday Times
Malorie Blackman
An award-winning British author and dramatist,Malorie Blackman is a major voice in children's publishing,holding the post of Waterstones Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She is best-known for her bestselling novels Noughts & Crosses series as well as Pig Heart Boy,Thief, Cloud Busting,Boys Don't Cry and Chasing the Stars. The fifth novel in the Noughts & Crosses series,Crossfire,will be published in August 2019.
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