Noughts and Crosses Becca Jury Noughts and crossescan only be described as the most intoxicating unputdownable heart-rending bookever. A book that has you absorbed until the last full stop yet lingers in themind for a long time afterwards. It has...
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Noughts and Crosses Becca Jury Noughts and crosses can only be described as the most intoxicating unputdownable heart-rending book ever. A book that has you absorbed until the last full stop yet lingers in the mind for a long time afterwards. It has to be said, it easily classifies as my favourite book. EVER. To set the scene for you, this book is set in a world where black and white is right and wrong. Malorie Blackman skilfully avoids mentioning time and place which focuses on the novel being set in a bubble of racial injustice. This provocative book makes us think about race in a totally different way through the two main characters as they struggle to keep their friendship alive. Callum is a nought -a second class citizen- in a world dominated by crosses. Sephy is a cross and daughter to one of the most powerful men in the country. The...


