{"product_id":"crossfire-noughts-and-crosses-5","title":"Crossfire (Noughts and Crosses, 5)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNominated for the Costa Children's Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Malorie's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book . . . they were pacey, exciting, rich. What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The most original book I've ever read' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing ... [Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.' ZAWE ASHTON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Crossfire is searing, political and furious. Malorie's world building is sublime and the way the Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series holds a mirror up to society is unrivalled' JUNO DAWSON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sudden frisson of awareness crackled through me like a static shock.\u003cbr\u003e‘Hello, Callie. What’s what?’\u003cbr\u003eThe baritone voice made my head snap up.\u003cbr\u003eTobey Durbridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears have passed since the love between Sephy - a Cross - and Callum - a Nought - destroyed their world and changed their families and society forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSociety appears to be very different now. For the first time ever, a Nought Prime Minister - Tobey Durbridge - is in power. Race and class don't divide people anymore. But things are never really that easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause Tobey's just been framed for murder, and the only way to free himself is to turn to his oldest friend - Callie-Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir families divisions run deep, and when two young people are kidnapped, their lives and everything they've fought for are put in the firing line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd when you're playing a game as dangerous as this one, it won't be long before someone gets caught in the crossfire...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVoted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PENG01","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57525730541948,"sku":"9780241388440","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/7855\/5193\/files\/Productimages_10.jpg?v=1792583814","url":"https:\/\/shop.southbankcentre.co.uk\/products\/crossfire-noughts-and-crosses-5","provider":"Southbank Centre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}