Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
A review by Emma Caldas
The book Noughts and Crosses is a story about love and racial injustice, "This must be the most original book I've ever read. It's intelligent, emotional and imaginatively wicked. Noughts & Crosses is so well crafted that I insist on calling it a work of art"-Benjamin Zephaniah,(poet).
Although the book does have some strong language, I personally think that its use makes the novel more powerful and realistic.
Noughts and Crosses is just the first book out of a trilogy of four.
I am currently reading the third book checkmate (which I’m finding mesmerisingly brilliant), but to get the meaning of checkmate you have to read noughts and crosses for nought and crosses is the introduction which explains how this world started and how people are affected by its rules and expectations.
What is a nought and a cross?
A cross is the dominant citizen, if your born lucky enough to be a cross in this world, you will have more opportunities and privileges. A nought is a second class citizen in a world run by the ruling crosses.
There are two main characters in the book, Persephone Hadley who’s a cross and Callum McGregor who’s a nought.
They’ve know each other since they were born but something goes wrong and there forced to see each other in secret. As they get older they find that they love each other, but then everything that could go bad goes even worse. Can they find a way to be together?I would give this book a ***** (five stars)
You have a great Blog!!!
ReplyDeleteYou used a good star rating which made me want to read the book.However, I think you could of improved it by putting some quotions you like in the blog.
Emma a fantastic blog you have really given me an insight of what the book is about.
ReplyDeleteI think i will read this book becaause you made it sound interesting without giving the whole story line.
To improve it i would give an extract from the book.
this relly gd xxx may be add a video x
ReplyDeletethis is a great review and my next blog is going to be on noughts and crosses this is laid out great has alot of detail i think to improve you could and a video link or a pic of the author but this is great x
ReplyDeletehey this book looks really good
ReplyDeletemaybe put a video of it on there
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i think emma,
ReplyDeletethat it is a very good book and that you used a lot of direct words
well done!
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this book looks really good and eyecathing but i think you should have wrote the author
ReplyDeletewell done emma. you have read what seems to me like a deep book. i really want to read this now!!!i like how you have not given the game away, but you have given us the jist of your story.
ReplyDeleteThis is an exelent because you have been quite descriptive.ebi you gave an extract from the book you liked
ReplyDelete:DDD EMMMAAAAA !! title is apsurlutely eye catchin makes you wonder for a secound or two,, weather its really about noughts ??! & Crosses ??! And the discription is just the right amout. sooooo,,, WELLL DONIIIHUUU ! :DD
ReplyDeletei realy find your book quit different this made me what to read your book even more and all though it was an intteresting blog i didnt find much out about the charictors in your book otherwise FAB BLOG!!!!
ReplyDeleteEmma your book blog is really good, WWW you have said alot about what happens in the book. EBI you could put in a quotation and talk about use of language they have used. A really good blog to read!
ReplyDeletewell done emmas its really good but you didnt include the auther so maybe you should do that next time xx
ReplyDeletewell done u could of added a link tat would of made if really really good but it was only really good cause u didnt add a link. but well done x x x
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