Checkmate

<p><b>'The <i>Noughts & Crosses</i> series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' </b>STORMZY<br><b>'I grew up reading her. It was one of the few books about black people, so I felt seen.' </b>CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS<br><br> <b>'The most original book I've ever read'</b> BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH<br><br> <b>"Malorie Blackman is absolutely <i>amazing </i>... [<i>Noughts & Crosses</i>] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage." </b>ZAWE ASHTON<br>_____<br><i><br>My name is Callie Rose. </i><br><i>My mum is a Cross - one of the so-called ruling elite.</i><br><i>My dad was a Nought. My dad was a murderer. My dad was a terrorist.</i><br><i>These facts are the only things that are mine and real. So I don't mind so much that I'm leaving it all behind. There's nothing here worth holding onto.</i><br><br>Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor - and the hate that divided them turned to hope. But the world hasn't changed quickly enough for their daughter, Callie Rose. <br><br>Growing up dual heritage in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns. <br><br>Enter Jude McGregor. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie. <br><br>But soon Callie is caught in a trap she can't get out of - one which will have deadly consequences. <br><br><b><i>Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.</i></b></p> <p><b>'The <i>Noughts & Crosses</i> series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' </b>STORMZY<br><b>'I grew up reading her. It was one of the few books about black people, so I felt seen.' </b>CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS<br><br> <b>'The most original book I've ever read'</b> BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH<br><br> <b>"Malorie Blackman is absolutely <i>amazing </i>... [<i>Noughts & Crosses</i>] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage." </b>ZAWE ASHTON<br>_____<br><i><br>My name is Callie Rose. </i><br><i>My mum is a Cross - one of the so-called ruling elite.</i><br><i>My dad was a Nought. My dad was a murderer. My dad was a terrorist.</i><br><i>These facts are the only things that are mine and real. So I don't mind so much that I'm leaving it all behind. There's nothing here worth holding onto.</i><br><br>Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor - and the hate that divided them turned to hope. But the world hasn't changed quickly enough for their daughter, Callie Rose. <br><br>Growing up dual heritage in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns. <br><br>Enter Jude McGregor. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie. <br><br>But soon Callie is caught in a trap she can't get out of - one which will have deadly consequences. <br><br><b><i>Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.</i></b></p>