Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

The first thing you should know about this book this book is that Malorie Blackman is trying to invert our common things that we think about regarding the discrimination against black people (so she is swapping it around and making it the white people being the victims). This book is about two teens called Callum and Sephy. Callum is a Nought (or a white person) and Sephy is a Cross (this meaning she is black). Even though Callum is poor and white and Sephy is rich (and black) their friendship has blossomed since they were small and Calum's mum worked for Sephy's mum but times have changed since then and Callum's brother and daad have joined a terrorists group fighting against the Crosses power. *********** Spolier Alert *********************** Later on Sephy has come back from boarding school and has not seen Callum for a while but it still in love with him. Unfortunately Calum has joined the terrioist group and is here to capture Sephy for ransom as her father is the Prime Minister. They keep Sephy in a cell and when she finally gets out after escaping she finds out she is pregnant with Callum's baby. Her father suspects that Callum has raped her but it was both of their descisions. Sephy's dad makes her chose between having an abortion or Callum getting hung. After meeting up they both decide Callum will die so their baby can live. ************************************************** I think this book is amazing as it shows that love can excist between two different races, an amazing book. By batmansupernoodle