![]() ![]() ![]() Unsurprisingly, Nought tensions rise as they begin to fight for their rights and Crosses desperately cling to power. Resentfully they look on while the beautiful black elite (Crosses) live their best lives in blissful ignorance, largely in mansions where the sun always shines. Flipping the script on history, white people (Noughts) live in the shadows and underpasses, angry and unhappy with their subservient lives. The 60-year-old from south-east London has since written more than 70 books, mainly for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, a regular in lists of the nation’s. Genres Young Adult Dystopia Fiction Romance Contemporary Science Fiction Childrens. One of the protagonists, the novel follows privileged Cross Sephy from age 13 to 17. ![]() But I guessed there'd be others less pleased to see this story of interracial love, in a UK ruled by blacks, on their screens.īased on the premise that the Aprican Empire conquered Europe 700 years before, Noughts + Crosses is set in an unrecognisable yet familiar London. The captivating conclusion/companion Novel of the Noughts and Crosses series. ![]() I'm not a gambler, but if I'd put money on predicting the reactions to Noughts + Crosses, BBC One's new Thursday night blockbuster, I'd have been quids in.įor the fans (presumably many of the 1.7 million who have bought the book since its publication in 2010), it was a delight to see Malorie Blackman's Young Adult novel make the big leap to TV. ![]()
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