{"product_id":"noughts-crosses-by-malorie-blackman","title":"Noughts \u0026 Crosses by Malorie Blackman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCelebrate twenty-five years of Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses with this beautiful, luxe special edition, including a new foreword from Stormzy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Malorie's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. they were pacey, exciting, rich. What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!'Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey'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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come. Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback | \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublication: 19 Mar 2026, Penguin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780241817735 | \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 496 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56793972212094,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780241817735.jpg?v=1767952047","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/noughts-crosses-by-malorie-blackman","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}