{"product_id":"crossfire","title":"Crossfire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is a favorite of many readers, including Stormzy, Candice Carty-Williams, Benjamin Zephaniah, Zawe Ashton, and Juno Dawson. Crossfire is the long-awaited new novel in the series, set in a society where race and class don't divide people anymore. Tobey Durbridge, the first Nought Prime Minister, has been framed for murder and must turn to his oldest friend, Callie-Rose, to free himself. When two young people are kidnapped, their lives and everything they've fought for are put in the firing line. Crossfire is a powerful novel that deals with racial attitudes and offers the intensity of a thriller. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 08 August 2019\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Random House Children's UK\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated for the Costa Children's Book Award, The Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is still my favorite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORMZY: Malorie's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book. They were pacey, exciting, rich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and center, both in society and politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS: The most original book I've ever read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH: Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing. [Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZAWE ASHTON: Crossfire is searing, political, and furious. Malorie's world-building is sublime, and the way the Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series holds a mirror up to society is unparalleled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJUNO DAWSON: Years have passed since the love between Sephy, a Cross, and Callum, a Nought, destroyed their world and changed their families and society forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSociety appears to be very different now. For the first time ever, a Nought Prime Minister, Tobey Durbridge, is in power. Race and class don't divide people anymore. But things are never really that easy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause Tobey's just been framed for murder, and the only way to free himself is to turn to his oldest friend, Callie-Rose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir families' divisions run deep, and when two young people are kidnapped, their lives and everything they've fought for are put in the firing line.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd when you're playing a game as dangerous as this one, it won't be long before someone gets caught in the crossfire...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrossfire is the long-awaited new novel in legendary author Malorie Blackman's ground-breaking Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series. Rich in moral and social issues, it is devastating ab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 298g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 196 x 27 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780241388440                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Malorie Blackman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44101622431994,"sku":"9780241388440","price":7.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/8bf143ba3ad85373f034c79a84b6f7ca.jpg?v=1628045325","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/crossfire","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}