The first novel in this award-winning sequence about racism set in an alternate reality.
Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. She has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997. NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won five awards and appeared on BBC TV's The Big Read. THE TIMES has described her as 'a bit of a national treasure' and she was awarded the distinguished Eleanor Farjeon Award in 2005.
"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
"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
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