Naughts and Crosses

| Tasha

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Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman is book that is a head-spinning thriller filled with twists and turns. Picture a world where instead of white people being the dominant race, they were the ones with a history of slavery. In this world, white people are treated just as our society treats black people. They are immediately suspect, looked down upon, not credited with achievements, and not allowed in black schools. In this world live Callum and Sephy. Callum is a Naught or white and lives in a shack with his family. Sephy is a Cross or black and lives a priveledged life with her prominent father and family. But the two are drawn together from childhood and soon begin a fledgling relationship.
This book is one that you will not be able to put down after a certain point. It is engrossing, amazing and gripping. The characters of Callum and Sephy are complex and vivid, while the society they live in becomes a character in the book as well. This book is eye opening, offering a unique perspective on racism in the world. Give this to kids who enjoy fast-moving thrillers, but also to those who read science fiction and those who enjoy deep books that will make them think.
This is the first in a series. They are released in England first where the third book has just arrived. So we have a lot to look forward to!

8 thoughts on “Naughts and Crosses”

  1. This book is great. I am reading it and it has kept my attention the whole time. You can’t really tell the time period or where it is so it hads to some of the suspense. It’s very Romeo Juliet esque. I recommend reading it to any who likes love, thrillers, suspense and problems needing to be solved.

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  2. OMG i love this book the first time i saw the book i thought it was gonna be boring but when i read it i couldnt stop reading it and i loved it and i have read it 7 times and i love it i am trying to get a hold of all the other books to but idk if i will it is very suspensful and it starts out good in the beginning and gets even better in the end..i really love this book so thank u malorie blackman for writeing these books

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  3. Personally, I didn’t like the story, well… more like the ending. It wasn’t a thriller for me. It was only partially interesting and i had to force myself to get through it. It should be labled a tragedy, as it is misleading to those like me, who will find no thrill what-so-ever. I understand the message and the moral, but I would have much prefered knowing the tragic ending before I had started reading hoping it would work out in the end.

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  4. well I did like the book is very interesting, and makes want to know more of it. I understand the message and moral very well. But I really prefer if you hand’t killed Callum at the end of the book,I mean everthing made more sense with him. And it made me feel deaply sorry for Sephy, they never had a chance to experience love from each other. I think it was a very interesting moral book, but also a bad ending for the book.

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  5. Wow. All my friend could talk about was Naughts and Crosses. She lent it to me. I’m on page 295 right now. In fact, the book is right beside me and it has been since my friend lent it to me.

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  7. i have never been able to open up a book and be interested within the first two pages. That was until i read this one… this is my new all time favorite book and i really hope there will be a movie on it that is just a intreaguing!!!

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