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
STARS Citation
Blackman, Malorie, "An Eye for an Eye (Noughts & Crosses, #1.5)" (2008). Diverse Families. 473.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/473