Malorie Blackman ~ Author of Noughts and Crosses

Checkmate" Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage and becomes determined to find out more, to honour both sides of her heritage. But her father’s family has a complicated history – one tied up with the fight for equality for the nought population. And as Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into this world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into more and more danger. Suddenly it’s a game of very high stakes that can only have one winner…

Categories: Books, Noughts & Crosses Books, Noughts & Crosses Series, Young Adults

Tags: , betrayal, cancer, discrimination, family, grooming, guilt, Jude, justice, knife crime, love, music, prejudice, racism, school, Sephy, suicide bomber, trust, truth

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The noughts and crosses series is brilliant! Just like the first book, it made have watery eyes. All your books are page- turners and are fantastic! You are right, Have hope and you can go all the way no matter what happened in the past, nobody can take hope away from you. x

vos quatre livres ont étés plus que géniaux!!!!! Ils sont captivants, je les aies déjà lus 2 fois et je pourrai les relire une troisième… (tiens, je crois que je vais faire ça) la dure réalité de l’amour interdis de callum et sephy est terrible… à la fin du premier livre j’ai pleurer d’ailleur…
J’aimerai tellement que vous fassiez un 5ème tome…. ce serai génial…. ( sa m’a pris quatre jour pour lire tous les livre) amitié aux fans E.

I relt like crying with this book it was really emotional and I can understand that Callie rose will be confused and upset about the news about there father but as they say what ever life throughs at you it only makes you stronger as it makes Sephy’s and calli roses relashionship gets stronger. xx

Your Noughts and Crosses series are so beautifully written. Every time I read them, I can’t help but want to cry at what could have been for Sephy and Callum. Checkmate especially is my favourite of the series. The true letter that Callum wrote for Sephy had me in tears. Your books are so inspirational Malorie. xx

I have read all of the noughts and crosses books and loved them all. they are all so clear and you paint a picture for us as readers which makes it so much more enjoyable whilst reading. The only thing is i want to know who sephy ends up with and who callie rose picks!!!

I absolutely love this one, i could relate to this one alot better than any of the others, i lost my mother and i feel really sorry for Sephy, Jude has practically poisened Callies mind, i’m talking about the book like it’s real but it is so amazing, how can someone write such gripping books and manage to apply such tension and make you really feel part of the families, i love this ssoooo MUUCCHH x thank you . x

i love these books i am on this one and i feel really sorry for sephy.. she’s like so nice and everyone hates her although i think she’s kinda touchy.. ANYWAY they are amazing books and i have entered a competition to have pizza with you malorie so fingers crossed! xx