num_pages: 446
description: Two young people are forced to make a stand in this thought-provoking look at racism and prejudice in an alternate society.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. In their world, noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum-a romance that is to lead both of them into terrible danger. Can they possibly find a way to be together?In this gripping, stimulating and totally absorbing novel, black and white are right and wrong.
language: English
title: Noughts & Crosses
titlecomplete: Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
characters: Persephone 'Sephy' Hadley, Callum McGregor
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Childrens, Fantasy, Race, Dystopia
ratings_count: 71088
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: Random House Childre