Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Callum is a Nought - second-class citizen in a world run by ruling Crosses.....

Sephy is a Cross, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the Country....

In their world, Noughts and Crosses simply don't mix.  And as hostility turns to violence, can Callum and Sephy possibly find a way to be together?

And then the bomb explodes.....

Noughts and Crosses is an amazing, gripping and totally absorbing novel set in a world where Noughts, being second-class citizens in the world are always wrong, and Crosses, being the richest and most powerful people in the world, are always right; where Black is best and White is worst, but neither kind like each other, except for Callum - a Nought, and Sephy - a Cross, and they feel like the only two who want to be together forever, but will they succeed?...........

This fascinating book will leave you wanting more and more on every page, almost taking hold of you and not letting go until you have finished.  I think that this book is aimed at Teenage readers so that they can understand better that being different doesn't matter.  Boys and girls can both read and enjoy it, as there is the violence for the boys and the slight romance that occurs all the way through for the girls (if you're into that sort of thing!).

Overall, I think that Noughts & Crosses is a wonderful book, that should definitely be read by all.

Will linger in the mind long after it has been read

OBSERVER

Dramatic, moving and brave

GUARDIAN

Flawlessly paced

THE TIMES

Intelligent, emotional and imaginatively wicked

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH