# Noughts & Crosses

**Author(s):** Malorie Blackman
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** literary-fiction, dystopian, childrens
**Publisher:** Penguin Random House
**Published:** Thu Jan 01 1998 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781407047973
**ISBN-10:** 1407047973
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/noughts-crosses

## Description

Callum is a **Nought** - an inferior white citizen in a society controlled by the black **Crosses**.
Sephy is a **Cross** - and the daughter of one of the most powerful, ruthless men in the country.
In their hostile, violent world, noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. But when Sephy and Callum's childhood friendship grows into passionate love, they're determined to find a way to be together.
And then the bomb explodes...

## SageChimp reader verdict

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**Themes:** Friendship