Noughts and Crosses
| Title | Noughts and Crosses |
| Year for Search | 2001 |
| Authors | Blackman, [Oneta] Malorie(b. 1962) |
| Tertiary Authors | Blackman, Malorie |
| Date Published | 2001 |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author |
| Annotation | Noughts, who are considered inferior and suppressed. The novel concerns a young couple who fall in love across this divide. Sequels include An Eye for an Eye. London: Corgi Books, 2003, which is a short piece originally published for World Book Day 2003 set in a time between her 2001 Noughts & Crosses and 2004 Knife Edge. Rpt. in her Noughts & Crosses Special New Edition including An Eye for an Eye (London: Corgi Books, 2007), 447-78; Knife Edge. London: Doubleday,2004. U.S. ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007; and Checkmate. London: Doubleday, 2005. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in her Noughts & Crosses Special New Edition including An Eye for an Eye (London: Corgi Books, 2007), 7-443. |
| Info Notes | A six-episode television series based on the novel directed by Julian Holmes and Koby Adom and written by Lydia Adetunji (three episodes), Nathaniel Price (two episodes), Toby Whithouse (two episodes), and Rachel De-Lahay (one episode), was broadcast in 2020. |
| Author Note | English female author (b. 1962) of Barbadian parentage. She was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2008 and was the Children’s Laureate from 2013-2015. |
| Full Text | 2001 Blackman, [Oneta] Malorie (b. 1962). Noughts and Crosses. London: Doubleday. Rpt. in her Noughts & Crosses Special New Edition including An Eye for an Eye (London: Corgi Books, 2007), 7-443. Dystopia of a world divided between the dominant dark-skinned Crosses and the light-skinned Noughts, who are considered inferior and suppressed. The novel concerns a young couple who fall in love across this divide. A six-episode television series based on the novel directed by Julian Holmes and Koby Adom and written by Lydia Adetunji (three episodes), Nathaniel Price (two episodes), Toby Whithouse (two episodes), and Rachel De-Lahay (one episode), was broadcast in 2020. Sequels include An Eye for an Eye. London: Corgi Books, 2003, which is a short piece originally published for World Book Day 2003 set in a time between her 2001 Noughts & Crosses and 2004 Knife Edge. Rpt. in her Noughts & Crosses Special New Edition including An Eye for an Eye (London: Corgi Books, 2007), 447-78; Knife Edge. London: Doubleday,2004. U.S. ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007; and Checkmate. London: Doubleday, 2005. Female author. |
