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| Title | : | Knife Edge (Noughts and Crosses #2) |
| Author | : | Malorie Blackman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 364 pages |
| Published | : | June 30th 2005 by Corgi Childrens (first published August 7th 2003) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fiction. Romance. Fantasy. Contemporary |
Malorie Blackman
Paperback | Pages: 364 pages Rating: 4.09 | 16114 Users | 594 Reviews
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WHEN TRUTH AND JUSTICE ARE NO LONGER BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES . . .Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father . . . Jude is a Nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered . . .
Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again, to take sides?
A razor-sharp and intensely moving novel, the second in the Noughts & Crosses sequence.
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| Original Title: | Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2) |
| ISBN: | 0552548928 (ISBN13: 9780552548922) |
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| Series: | Noughts and Crosses #2 |
| Characters: | Persephone 'Sephy' Hadley, Jude McGregor |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 16114 Users | 594 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Knife Edge (Noughts and Crosses #2)
I liked this better than the first one. In my opinion the characters gets more depth in this which makes it ugh so painful.Review thoughts to come 8
Set in a dystopian 21st century near future British society the Noughts & Crosses award winning series of novels (initially a trilogy, subsequently extended to a quadrilogy) opens following a period of alternative history, a post slavery period where the white population (Noughts) have been enslaved by the ruling black elite. Now post emancipation, it is the non-black population who are distinctly disadvantaged and impoverished in this alternative future society which is ruled and
5/5 because this book is perfect! There was nothing I could fault and it's definitely the best book I've read in a long time. I know a lot of people say this isn't as good as the first, but I adored it and actually thought that it was maybe better because of the further development of the characters and the plot; I was hooked!CHARACTERS:+ Sephy is such an incredible character - how she thinks about everything, how she acts about everything. She dragged me into her emotions and I really felt for
Noughts & Crosses was an excellent book. Not only did it surprise me in terms of its quality, but it struck that perfect balance between readability and grit. I was therefore looking forward to the second in the series. This book shifts its focus slightly, necessarily so due to the ending of the first book. The main characters are now Sephy and Jude, Callum's brother. Both continue to fight their way through life in a very racist world, with Judge continuing his role as a 'liberation
WARNING: Spoilers alert. Don't read this review if you haven't read the first book.I was so excited, and eager to begin reading this book when my mum brought it home from the library. If you have read my review of Noughts and Crosses, you will know how much I loved it, and so obviously I wanted to read this one. Who doesn't love a good sequel?! And it certainly didn't disappoint! Knife Edge had some wonderful new characters, and plot twists all the way through, so it kept me on the edge of my
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