I’m not too sure why I don’t remember reading the book very much, but I have a feeling it was, like Room 13, another book we read with a not-too-great teacher. I remember the teacher reading it to us, and before I reread it I vaguely remembered the basic premise – but that was about it. I kind of remember reading Noughts and Crosses in school.

If you want to watch my full reading vlog where I discuss the books as I read them, you can watch it below! It’s long, so get yourself comfortable… or scroll down to read my review of the final book, Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

These were all the books I chose for my mini reading challenge:

Voted as one of the UK’s best-loved books, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses is a seminal piece of YA fiction a true modern classic.In case you missed the first two posts in this series, I’ll quickly explain it again: earlier this year, I did a reading challenge for my YouTube channel all about rereading books I studied in high school, and I thought I’d review those books on my blog too.(There’s just something satisfying about having all my book reviews in one place.) This is the final post in this mini-series! and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come. But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger.

Then – in spite of a world that is fiercely against them – these star-crossed lovers choose each other. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies – love is out of the question. They’ve been friends since they were children, and they both know that’s as far as it can ever go. 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. Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power.īut she’s lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. ‘Stop it! You’re all behaving like animals! Worse than animals – like blankers!’

“Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing … really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.” ZAWE ASHTON ‘The most original book I’ve ever read’ BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS ‘Malorie’s Noughts & Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book. ‘The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be’ STORMZY

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