About the Book
SPECIAL NEW EDITION INCLUDING AN EYE FOR AN EYE
Callum is a nought – a second-class citizen in a world run by the ruling Crosses. . .
Sephy is a Cross, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. . .
In their world, noughts and Crosses simply don’t mix. And as hostility turns to violence, can Callum and Sephy possibly find a way to be together? They are determined to try.
And then the bomb explodes. . .
A gripping, stimulating and totally absorbing novel set in a world where black and white are right and wrong.
In 2003 I wrote a book called An Eye For An Eye as a World Book Day special edition. The story timeline occurs after Noughts & Crosses but before Knife Edge. As the book only had limited availability after the year of its publication and because both I and my publisher have had so many requests for it, the story is now included at the back of this new edition. Enjoy!
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By Malorie Blackman and published by Doubleday/Corgi Books:
The Noughts & Crosses sequence
NOUGHTS & CROSSES
KNIFE EDGE
CHECKMATE
DOUBLE CROSS
A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.
DANGEROUS REALITY
DEAD GORGEOUS
HACKER
PIG-HEART BOY
THE DEADLY DARE MYSTERIES
THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES
THIEF!
UNHEARD VOICES
(An anthology of short stories and poems,
collected by Malorie Blackman)
For junior readers, published by Corgi Yearling Books:
CLOUD BUSTING
OPERATION GADGETMAN!
WHIZZIWIG and WHIZZIWIG RETURNS
For beginner readers, published by Corgi Pups/Young Corgi Books:
JACK SWEETTOOTH
SNOW DOG
SPACE RACE
THE MONSTER CRISP-GUZZLER
Audio editions available on CDs
NOUGHTS & CROSSES
KNIFE EDGE
CHECKMATE
DOUBLE CROSS
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Praise for the Noughts & Crosses sequence:
Noughts & Crosses
‘Packs some powerful political punches to which readers will undoubtedly respond. But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave’ Guardian
‘A book which will linger in the mind long after it has been read and which will challenge children to think again and again about the clichés and stereotypes with which they are presented’ Observer
Knife Edge
‘Devastatingly powerful’ Guardian
‘A powerful story of race and prejudice’ Sunday Times
Checkmate
‘Another emotional hard-hitter . . . bluntly told and ingeniously constructed’ Sunday Times
‘Blackman is a terrific thriller writer, driving her plots forward with skill and tenacity’ Evening Standard
Double Cross
‘The latest book in Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses series, and potentially the best one yet’ Independent
‘Blackman “gets” people . . . she “gets” humanity as a whole, too. Most of all, she writes a stonking good story’ Guardian
MALORIE
BLACKMAN
Noughts & Crosses
Special new edition including An Eye for An Eye
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NOUGHTS & CROSSES
First publication in Great Britain by Doubleday, 2001
Corgi edition published 2002
Copyright © Oneta Malorie Blackman, 2001
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
First published in Great Britain by Corgi Books specially for World Book Day 2003
Copyright © Oneta Malorie Blackman, 2003
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Contents
Cover
About the Book
About the Author
By Malorie Blackman
Praise
Noughts & Crosses
Copyright
Dedication
Author’s Note
Prologue
Three Years Later . . .
one. Sephy
two. Callum
three. Sephy
four. Callum
five. Sephy
six. Callum
seven. Sephy
eight. Callum
nine. Sephy
ten. Callum
eleven. Sephy
twelve. Callum
thirteen. Sephy
fourteen. Callum
fifteen. Sephy
The Turning
sixteen. Callum
seventeen. Sephy
eighteen. Callum
nineteen. Sephy
twenty. Callum
The Picnic
twenty-one. Sephy
twenty-two. Callum
twenty-three. Sephy
twenty-four. Callum
Breakdown
twenty-five. Sephy
twenty-six. Callum
twenty-seven. Sephy
twenty-eight. Callum
twenty-nine. Sephy
thirty. Callum
thirty-one. Sephy
thirty-two. Callum
thirty-three. Sephy
thirty-four. Callum
thirty-five. Sephy
thirty-six. Callum
thirty-seven. Sephy
thirty-eight. Callum
thirty-nine. Sephy
forty. Callum
forty-one. Sephy
forty-two. Callum
The Split
forty-three. Sephy
forty-four. Callum
forty-five. Sephy
forty-six. Callum
forty-seven. Sephy
forty-eight. Callum
forty-nine. Sephy
fifty. Callum
fifty-one. Sephy
fifty-two. Callum
fifty-three. Sephy
fifty-four. Callum
fifty-five. Sephy
fifty-six. Callum
fifty-seven. Sephy
fifty-eight. Callum
fifty-nine. Sephy
sixty. Callum
sixty-one. Sephy
sixty-two. Callum
sixty-three. Sephy
sixty-four. Callum
The Trial . . .
sixty-five. Sephy
sixty-six. Callum
sixty-seven. Sephy
sixty-eight. Callum
sixty-nine. Sephy
seventy. Callum
seventy-one. Sephy
seventy-two. Callum
seventy-three. Sephy
seventy-four. Callum
The Way It Is . . .
seventy-five. Sephy
seventy-six. Callum
seventy-seven. Sephy
seventy-eight. Callum
seventy-nine. Sephy
eighty. Callum
eighty-one. Sephy
eighty-two. Callum
eighty-three. Sephy
eighty-four. Callum
eighty-five. Sephy
eighty-six. Callum
eighty-seven. Sephy
eighty-eight. Callum
The Hostage . . .
eighty-nine. Sephy
ninety. Callum
ninety-one. Sephy
ninety-two. Callum
ninety-three. Sephy
ninety-four. Callum
ninety-five. Sephy
ninety-six. Callum
ninety-seven. Sephy
ninety-eight. Callum
ninety-nine. Sephy
one hundred. Callum
one hundred and one. Sephy
one hundred and two. Callum
one hundred and three. Sephy
The Confession . . .
one hundred and four. Callum
one hundred and five. Sephy
one hundred and six. Callum
one hundred and seven. Sephy
one hundred and eight. Callum
one hundred and nine. Sephy
one hundred and ten. Callum
one hundred and eleven. Sephy
one hundred and twelve. Callum
one hundred and thirteen. Sephy
Decisions . . .
one hundred and fourteen. Callum
one hundred and fifteen. Sephy
Losing My Religion . . .
one hundred and sixteen. Callum
one hundred and seventeen. Sephy
This book is dedicated with love to my husband, Neil,
And to our daughter, Elizabeth
AUTHOR’S NOTE
The African-American scientists, inventors and pioneers mentioned in chapter 30 are all real people and their achievements are very real. When I was at school, we didn’t learn about any of them – except Robert Peary, the white European-American explorer. I wish we had done. But then, if we had, maybe I wouldn’t have written this book…
