Race and class don't divide people anymore. For the first time ever, a Nought Prime Minister - Tobey Durbridge - is in power. Society appears to be very different now. Years have passed since the love between Sephy - a Cross - and Callum - a Nought - destroyed their world and changed their families and society forever. She knows about terrible mistakes, and violence and revenge, and the fierce divide between Noughts and Crosses.Īnd knowing so much about the past makes her afraid for her future.īecause sometimes, one little bad decision can change everything. But when he's offered the chance to earn some extra money, how much could it hurt to just this once say 'yes'?Ĭallie Rose knows all about the danger of saying 'yes'.

He wants nothing to do with the violent gangs that rule the world he lives in. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie.īut soon Callie is caught in a trap she can't get out of - one which will have deadly consequences.Īll Tobey wants a better life - for him and for Callie Rose. Growing up dual heritage in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns.Įnter Jude McGregor. But the world hasn't changed quickly enough for their daughter, Callie Rose. Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor - and the hate that divided them turned to hope. And he is determined to force her to take sides, and destroy her life. Sephy Hadley - a Cross, supposedly powerful and privileged - has bound herself forever to her nought lover Callum McGregor's family.īut Jude McGregor blames Sephy for all the tragedies his family has suffered. Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they live in.

Where there has been love, now there is hate. Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.īut this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies - love is out of the question. They've been friends since they were children, and they both know that's as far as it can ever go. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.Ĭallum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life. Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power.

Noughts and crosses book