An Eye for an Eye (Noughts & Crosses, #1.5)

An Eye for an Eye (Noughts & Crosses, #1.5)

Publisher

Corgi Children's

Publication Year

2008

ISBN

9780552549257

Pages

99 pages

Genre

realism

Format

novel

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

This is a novella in the Noughts & Crosses series, written especially for World Book Day. In a world where the two classes are divided by colour and never treated as equals; Sephy, a Cross and daughter of a top politician, is six months pregnant. The child's father, Callum, is a Nought, but worse, he is dead and Callum's brother is out for revenge. Can two wrongs make a right?

Grade Level

9-12

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Family member death; Race discrimination; death of a brother; racism; prejudice

Main Character

male teenager; female teenager

Race/Ethnicities

Black / White

Keywords

terrorism; social control; baby; pregnancy

Diversity Impact

direct

An Eye for an Eye (Noughts & Crosses, #1.5)

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