num_pages: 387
description: Callum is a naught, a second-class citizen in a society run by the ruling Crosses. Sephy is a Cross, and daughter of the man slated to become prime minister. In their world, white naughts and black Crosses simply don't mix -- and they certainly don't fall in love. But that's exactly what they've done.When they were younger, they played together. Now Callum and Sephy meet in secret and make excuses. But excuses no longer cut it when Sephy and her mother are nearly caught in a terrorist bombing planned by the Liberation Militia, with which Callum's family is linked. Callum's father is the prime suspect...and Sephy's father will stop at nothing to see him hanged. The blood hunt that ensues will threaten not only Callum and Sephy's love for each other, but their very lives.In this shocking thriller, UK sensation Malorie Blackman turns the world inside out. What's white is black, what's black is white, and only one thing is Assumptions can be deadly.
language: English
title: Naughts & Crosses
titlecomplete: Naughts & 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: 71114
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