{"product_id":"9780241817735-noughts-crosses","title":"Noughts \u0026 Crosses","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25th Anniversary Special Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrate twenty-five years of Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses with this beautiful, luxe special edition, including a new foreword from Stormzy, and two stunning pieces of endpaper artwork from artists Juliet Nneka and Christopher Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Malorie's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book . 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most original book I've ever read' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing . [Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.\" ZAWE ASHTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSephy 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCallum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoted 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\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57491258147190,"sku":"9780241817735","price":21.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40463094.jpg?v=1774444451","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241817735-noughts-crosses","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}