Their world is similar to the reality of the 21st century, with equivalent types of jobs, of government, and so on. The book Noughts and Crosses is an alternate reality fiction based in a 22nd-century parallel universe. Novels Noughts & Crosses Noughts & Crosses There are six books in the series: Noughts and Crosses, Knife Edge, Checkmate, Double Cross, Crossfire, and Endgame. The chapters alternate, with even chapters being Callum's and odd ones Sephy's. The first book is written from two different perspectives – Callum's and Sephy's (Persephone) – and their experiences of their entwined but very different worlds. Seeming to be similar to the United Nations in scope but similar to the European Union in powers, it is playing a role in forcing change by directives and boycotts. An international organisation, the Pangaean Economic Community, exists. The series takes place in an alternative 21st-century Britain.Īt the time of the series, slavery had been abolished for some time, but segregation, similar to the Jim Crow Laws, continues to operate to keep the Crosses (dark-skinned people) in control of the Noughts (lighter-skinned people). The series is speculative fiction describing an alternative history.

Noughts & Crosses is a series of young adult novels by British author Malorie Blackman, including six novels and three novellas.

For other uses of Noughts and Crosses, see Noughts and crosses (disambiguation). This article is about the novel series by Malorie Blackman.

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