num_pages: 512
description: Two star-crossed lovers fight for a more just world in this searing novel with a critically-acclaimed BBC series adaptation now streaming on NBCUniversal’s Peacock platform!Sephy is a dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. But she’s lonely, and she burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.Callum is a pale-skinned and poor, he’s considered to be less than nothing, there to serve Crosses, but he dreams of a better life.They’ve been friends since they were children, and they both know that’s as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies—love is out of the question.Then—in spite of a world that is fiercely against them—these star-crossed lovers choose each other.But it comes at a price and as they prepare to protect themselves and their love, they realize that the cost will lead both of them into terrible danger…and will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.
language: English
title: Black & White
titlecomplete: Black & White (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
characters: Callum McGregor, Persephone 'Sephy' Hadley
genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Childrens, Teen, Fiction, Race, Dystopia, Fantasy, Contemporary, Romance
ratings_count: 71055
series: Noughts and Crosses
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: FCBG Children’s Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Sheffields Children's Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Wirral Children’s Paperback of the Year Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Lancashire Children’s Book of the Year Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: North East Teenage Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas
category: Mejor novela extranjera independiente
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers