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. Until the firs
Křížem krážem Série
Tato strhující série zkoumá rasovou nesnášenlivost a sociální nerovnost v alternativní realitě, kde se střetávají dvě výrazně odlišné společnosti. Vynucené oddělení a předsudky komplikují životy postav, které se snaží překonat zdánlivě nepřekonatelné bariéry. Příběhy plné napětí a emocí sledují statečné hrdiny, kteří se odváží zpochybnit status quo a bojovat za spravedlnost. Je to nadčasové vyprávění o lásce, ztrátě a touze po lepším světě.
Doporučené pořadí čtení
This thought-provoking and often provocative look at racism is a sequel to the award-winning Noughts & Crosses . Persephone Hadley is six months pregnant with a mixed-race baby. In their society this fact alone will threaten the child's life every day. To make matters worse, the baby's father, Callum, is dead. He was hanged for terrorism months ago, but his presence still torments Sephy. And she's not alone. Callum's brother, Jude, blames Sephy for the death, and thirsts for revenge...in the form of her life. Obviously, Sephy is not fond of Jude, but when his actions take him to the brink of disaster, his life poised on a knife edge, can she stand by and do nothing? Will she be forced - once again - to take sides in a chilling racial drama?
Checkmate
- 503 stránek
- 18 hodin čtení
Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a Nought father in a society where the pale-skinned Noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows up she becomes determined to find out more about her parentage. As Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into her father’s world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into danger.
Just this once . . . Please let me get away with it just this once . . . Tobey wants a better life - for him and his girlfriend Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he's offered the chance to earn some money just for making a few 'deliveries', just this once, would it hurt to say 'yes'? One small decision can change everything . . . The fourth novel in Malorie Blackman's powerful Noughts & Crosses sequence.
Crossfire
- 496 stránek
- 18 hodin čtení
"Continues the story of forbidden love between noughts and crosses. Thirty-four years have elapsed since Sephy- a Cross got together with Callum - a nought. While life is now very different, past prejudices can come back to haunt