{"product_id":"9780141378664","title":"Checkmate ( Noughts and Crosses 3 ) -- Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Malorie's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book . . . they were pacey, exciting, rich. What Malorie Blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The most original book I've ever read' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing ... [Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.' ZAWE ASHTON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy name is Callie Rose. \n\u003cbr\u003eMy mum is a Cross - one of the so-called ruling elite.\n\u003cbr\u003eMy dad was a Nought. My dad was a murderer. My dad was a terrorist.\n\u003cbr\u003eThese facts are the only things that are mine and real. So I don't mind so much that I'm leaving it all behind. There's nothing here worth holding onto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor - and the hate that divided them turned to hope. But the world hasn't changed quickly enough for their daughter, Callie Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up dual heritage in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEnter Jude McGregor. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut soon Callie is caught in a trap she can't get out of - one which will have deadly consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVoted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49642049503480,"sku":"EB_CH0400_D02-01_SYDNEY","price":23.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780141378664-1_6c3d6996-190a-43e6-a289-31b63fcda6d9.jpg?v=1791618834","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9780141378664","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}