Malorie Blackman

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Title: Noughts And Crosses: Description:
Malorie Blackman is a fine, award-winning author whose work is always inclined to provoke debate amongst her readers, and indeed her peers. With Noughts and Crosses she surpasses expectation not only with her subject matter, but with the execution of a stimulating and provocative plot line that often leaves the reader chilled to the bone. Sephy and Callum have been best friends since childhood, and now they are older and they realise they want more from each other. But the harsh realities of lives lived in a segregated society are beginning to take their toll: Callum is a nought--a second-class citizen in a world dominated by the Crosses--and Sephy is a Cross, and the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. The barriers they would have to cross to be together at first seem little more than minor obstacles to the two idealistic teenagers, but soon those barriers threaten not only their friendship but their lives. Noughts and Crosses is written with the passion of an author who has a personal message about the perception of the past, present and future, and Blackman has used the clever device of turning preconceived ideas of racial prejudice upside down to make sure that her point is well and truly made. Deeply disturbing and totally absorbing this novel is intriguing from the outset, with a shocking climax that packs an unforgettable punch. (Age 11 and over) --Susan Harrison

Title: Checkmate (noughts & Crosses Trilogy): Description:
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... From the Back Cover Can the future ever erase the past? Callie 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 Rose unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage, with potentially devastating results. As Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into her father’s world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into a dangerous, deadly game – a game of very high stakes that can have only one winner . . . The dramatic and intensely moving third novel in the award-winning Noughts & Croses trilogy. ‘Blackman is a terrific thriller writer’ Evening Standard ‘A brilliantly imagined world’ Publishing News ‘A perfect end to an important and thought-provoking trilogy’ The Bookseller NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS About the Author Malorie Blackman:Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith’s Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children’s Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. Checkmate was shortlisted for the Lancashire hildren's Book of the Year Award 2006. THE TIMES recently described her as ‘a bit of a national treasure.’ She was also shortlisted for the Carnegie medal for PIG-HEART BOY and for CHECKMATE in 2006.

Title: Noughts And Crosses (noughts & Crosses Trilogy): Description:
Sephy is a Cross - a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought - a 'colourless' member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood. But that's as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Cross schools...Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity by Noughts, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum - a romance that is to lead both of them into terrible danger... From the Back Cover I had to make a choice. I had to decide what kind of friend Callum was going to be to me. But what surprised and upset me was that I even had to think about it... Callum is a nought - a second-class citizen in a world run by the ruling Crosses. He is also one of the first nought youngsters to be given the chance of a decent education by studying at a school for Crosses... Sephy is a Cross, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country - a man doing his best to keep power in the hands of the Crosses. Friends with Callum since early childhood, hoping for something more to develop, she is looking forward to Callum's arrival at her school... But 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 a bomb explodes... Set in an alternate reality, in a world where black and white are right and wrong, Noughts and Crosses is a gripping, stimulating and often provocative novel in which two young people attempt to make a stand for their beliefs regardless of the horrifying cost to their hopes and desires. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Malorie Blackman:Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. THE TIMES recently described her as 'a bit of a national treasure.' --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Title: Knife Edge (noughts & Crosses Trilogy): Description:
Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned Noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a Nought father, Jude. Eaten up with bitterness, Jude blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered. Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again, to take sides? From the Back Cover PLEASE DROP IN COVER COPY FROM PAPERBACK NO READER BIOGS NEEDED An abridgement of Knife Edge (C) Malorie Blackman 2004 Published by Doubleday in hardback and Corgi in paperback Produced by Stuart Owen Abridged by Sue CookCover ? Manufactured and printed in UK (P) Random House Audiobooks 2006 About the Author Malorie Blackman:Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith’s Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children’s Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. Checkmate was shortlisted for the Lancashire hildren's Book of the Year Award 2006. THE TIMES recently described her as ‘a bit of a national treasure.’ She was also shortlisted for the Carnegie medal for PIG-HEART BOY and for CHECKMATE in 2006.

Title: A.n.t.i.d.o.t.e.: Description:
It's a normal Friday evening for Elliot - until the police knock on the door and tell him his mum's in serious trouble! A security video clearly shows her breaking into a giant pharmaceutical company on behalf of the environmental action group A. N. T. I. D. O. T. E. Elliot can hardly believe it. His mum's a secretary, isn't she? Not a SPY! From the Back Cover The words exploded from me in a burst of white-hot anger. 'IT'S A LIE!' It's a normal Friday evening for Elliot - until the police knock on the door and tell him his mum's in serious trouble! A security video clearly shows her breaking into a giant pharmaceutical company on behalf of A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E., the environmental action group. Elliot can hardly believe it. His mum's a secretary, isn't she? Not a SPY! And even worse - now she's gone on the run... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Malorie Blackman:Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. THE TIMES recently described her as 'a bit of a national treasure.'

Title: Space Race (corgi Pups): Description:
Five...four...three...two...one. Lift-off! What can Lizzie do when big-headed Jake challenges her to a race in space? She's got to beat him. But Jake has a super-duper, deluxe new spaceship that runs on special fuel... Zoom to Pluto and back with this super space story from award-winning author, Malorie Blackman.

Title: Tell Me No Lies: Description:
Mike could feel her eyes like lasers, boring into his back. He had to fight not to turn around. Did she know his face? Had she recognized him? Gemma cuts out pictures for her scrapbooks - pictures of mothers, like the one she will never, ever see again. Mike is a new boy at school - a boy who is desperate not to be noticed. Who has a secret so terrible it will haunt him for ever. But Gemma's sure she's seen Mike's face before. And now she's out to get him...

Title: Dead Gorgeous: Description:
Liam is dead gorgeous. Trouble is, hes also dead- and permanently stuck at the hotel as a ghost

Title: Checkmate: Description:
the follow on from knife edge charting the story of sephys daughter callie rose

Title: Knife Edge: Description:
When truth and justice are no longer black and white issues! (noughts and crosses trilogy)

Title: Dangerous Reality: Description:
VIMS - the Virtual Interactive Mobile System - is the creation of Dominic's scientist mum. An artificial intelligence masterpiece controlled by a single glove and a special pair of glasses, it can disarm a car bomb, or hold a baby ...But then VIMS attacks violently and without warning, and Dominic realizes it is no longer a fantastic game.

Title: Deadly Dare (hippo Mystery): Description:
v class="productDescriptionWrapper"> Writing dares is the new craze at Theo and Ricky's school. They are put in a bag, and then everyone takes turns to pick one out. But the night Ricky does his dare, he disappears. And Theo realizes that someone had a frightening and secret reason for playing the new game.

Title: 4u2read.ok Hostage: Description:
v class="productDescriptionWrapper"> This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 with a reading age of below eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent page breaks, short, headed chapters and illustrations on almost every page. A wide range of specialists, including children themselves, have read and commented on the book prior to publication.

Title: Double Cross (noughts & Crosses): Description:
Double Cross is Malarie Blackman's fourth novel in the award-winning Noughts and Crosses sequence.