Checkmate: 03 - Brossura

Blackman, Malorie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0141378662 ISBN 13: 9780141378664

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2017

Riassunto

'Another emotional hard-hitter' Sunday Times

My name is Callie Rose.
My mum is a Cross - one of the so-called ruling elite.
My dad was a Nought. My dad was a murderer. My dad was a terrorist.
These facts are the only things that are mine and real. So I don't mind so much that I'm leaving it all behind. There's nothing here worth holding onto.

Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor. For Callie Rose, growing up mixed race in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns.

Enter Jude McGregor. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie.

But soon Callie is caught in a trap she can't get out of - one which will have deadly consequences.

Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.

'Dramatic, intensely moving' Carousel

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Blackman's absorbing but alarming novel deals with themes of racism and prejudice...Unforgettable (Independent 2008-02-07)

Stimulating and emotionally satisfying (Financial Times)

A gritty read for older children . . . At times this is a beautiful love story; at other times it is a harrowing and moral tale... (Bookseller)

Packs some powerful political punches...But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave (Guardian)

Inter-racial teenage love has never been more painful (Amanda Craig The Times 2007-09-22)

L'autore:

Malorie Blackman has written over 60 books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and most recently her science fiction thriller Chasing the Stars. Her work has also been adapted for TV with the 6-part adaptation of Pig-Heart Boy winning a BAFTA and Noughts & Crosses currently in production for the BBC, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z's entertainment company) on board to curate and release the soundtrack as Executive Producer. A stage adaptation of the book, by Pilot Theatre, will run from February 2019, under the direction of Sabrina Mahfouz. In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books, in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature and, between 2013 and 2015, she was the Children's Laureate. Malorie is currently writing for the new Doctor Who series on BBC One and the fifth novel in her Noughts & Crosses sequence, Crossfire, will be published by Penguin Random House Children's in summer 2019.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0141378662
• ISBN 13: 9780141378664
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 528