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Checkmate

Checkmate

Published
2005
Language
English

Synopsis

Sixteen years after Sephy Hadley and Callum McGregor first met, their daughter Callie Rose is growing up caught between two worlds, an outsider in a society still divided along Nought and Cross lines. When her uncle Jude McGregor re-enters her life offering answers about the family history kept from her, Callie is drawn into a plan that puts everyone she loves in danger. The third novel in Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses sequence.

About the author

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Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman OBE is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethical issues. Her critically and popularly acclaimed Noughts and Crosses series uses the setting of a fictional dystopia to explore racism. Blackman has been the recipient of many honours for her work including, most recently, the 2022 PEN Pinter Priz...