Noughts and crosses
Blackman, Malorie200712UU
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A story of a black girl called Sephy and a white boy called Callum and their friendship in a world that's divided by the colour of skin and how their feelings for each other grow as they grow older and grow up. "Noughts and Crosses" is about a black girl called Sephy and a white boy called Callum and their friendship in a world that's divided by the colour of your skin - and how their feelings for each other grow as they grow older and grow up. As Malorie Blackman herself says: 'I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head, with new names for the major divisions, ie Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority, ruling society). I wanted to see this new world through the eyes of the main two characters, Callum (a nought) and Sephy (a Cross).'.Review: "'Noughts and Crosses is about a black girl called Sephy and a white boy called Callum and their friendship in a world that's divided by the colour of your skin, and how their feelings for each other grow as they grow older and grow up' Amazon reader's review. As Malorie Blackman herself says: 'I wanted to turn society as we know it on its head, with new names for the major divisions, i.e. Noughts (the underclass) and Crosses (the majority, ruling society). I wanted to see this new world through the eyes of the main two characters, Callum (a nought) and Sephy (a Cross).'".
Main title:
Noughts and crosses / Malorie Blackman, Dominic Cooke.
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Imprint:
London : Nick Hern Books : [distributor] Grantham Book Services Ltd : [distributor] University and Reference Publishers' Services (UNIREPS) : [distributor] Publishers Distribution Ltd : [distributor] Consortium Book Sales & Distribution Inc, 2007.
Collation:
96 p. ; 20x13x1 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Paperback.
Audience:
Interest age level: 12.
Biography/History:
Malorie Blackman can lay claim to being Britain's leading black children's author. She won a 2003 Smarties Award for Cloud Busting and the 2004 Fantastic Fiction Award for Noughts and Crosses, which is the first in a series of four books about racism set in a world where the traditional positions of black and white are reversed. Dominic Cooke's work as a director stretches from Arabian Nights for the Young Vic through the premiere of Plasticine at the Royal Court to this season's As You Like It - seen in the West End in March 2006. He takes up the high-profile job of Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre, London, in January 2007.
ISBN:
9781854599391 (pbk)1854599399 (pbk)
Dewey class:
822.92822.BLAC822 BLAC822.914822
Language:
English
BRN:
424527