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Crossfire

- Malorie Blackman

( Paperback )


This is #5 of the Noughts & Crosses series. You can find #1 here.

‘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\ _____\ \ Years have passed since the love between Sephy - a Cross - and Callum - a Nought - destroyed their world and changed their families and society forever.\ \ Society appears to be very different now. For the first time ever, a Nought Prime Minister - Tobey Durbridge - is in power. Race and class don’t divide people anymore. But things are never really that easy.\ \ Because Tobey’s just been framed for murder, and the only way to free himself is to turn to his oldest friend - Callie-Rose.\ \ Their families divisions run deep, and when two young people are kidnapped, their lives and everything they’ve fought for are put in the firing line.\ \ And when you’re playing a game as dangerous as this one, it won’t be long before someone gets caught in the crossfire…\ \ Crossfire is the long-awaited new novel in legendary author Malorie Blackman’s ground-breaking Noughts & Crosses series.