At last the book to tie up the loose ends of the Noughts and Crosses sequence and it certainly doesn’t disappoint in anyway. The originality of the plot is breathtaking and the characters superbly drawn. You’ll be gripped to the last.
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Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage, and becomes determined to find out more, to honour both sides of her heritage. But her father's family has a complicated history - one tied up with the fight for equality for the nought population. And as Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into this world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into more and more danger. Suddenly, it's a game of very high stakes that can only have one winner...
Checkmate features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Sharing Diverse Voices, eBooks of the Month, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Fiction, Recommendations
Checkmate is available in Paperback
Checkmate was written by Malorie Blackman and published by Penguin Books Ltd
Checkmate has 502 pages
Yes it is part of The Noughts & Crosses Sequence series
£8.99
