Following Callum's death, the people who loved him relate how their lives have been changed, especially in reference to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixed-race child. Persephone Hadley is six months pregnant with a mixed-race baby. In their society this fact alone will threaten the child's life every day. To make matters worse, the baby's father, Callum, is dead. He was hanged for terrorism months ago, but his presence still torments Sephy. And she's not alone. Callum's brother, Jude, blames Sephy for the death, and thirsts for revenge...in the form of her life. Obviously, Sephy is not fond of Jude, but when his actions take him to the brink of disaster, his life poised on a knife edge, can she stand by and do nothing? Will she be forced -- once again -- to take sides in a chilling racial drama?

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 & Crossessequence.

Following Callum's death, the people who loved him relate how their lives have been changed, especially in reference to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixed-race child.

The past colours the present as Sephy gives birth, alone, to her daughter, her baby's father, Callum, having been hanged for terrorism. And while Sephy struggles to face an uncertain future, Callum's brother Jude broods on the past until, finally, his actions draw Sephy into his world once again and she is forced to take sidesa A stunning and powerful novel in which truth and justice are no longer black and white issues but are coloured by revenge, loyalty, atonement and guilt. Unputdownable, Knife Edge will confirm Malorie Blackman's status as one of today's top authors for young readers.

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. Eaten up with bitterness, Jude 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?

Following on from "Noughts and Crosses", Sephy is struggling to raise her mixed-race child in an apartheid society and to make her mark as a singer in a society prejudiced against Crosses like her. But when her daughter finds out about her parentage, she must reassess her identity.

Persephone Hadley, six-months pregnant with a mixed-race baby, risks her own life to save the brother of the man she loves, who was hanged for terrorism months earlier.

'Devastatingly powerful' Guardian No one could begin to guess at the depth of the hatred I held for Sephy Hadley. Everything began with her and my brother. And that's how it would end. Where there has been love, now there is hate. Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they live in. Sephy Hadley - a Cross, supposedly powerful and privileged - has bound herself forever to her nought lover Callum McGregor's family. But Jude McGregor blames Sephy for all the tragedies his family has suffered. And he is determined to force her to take sides, and destroy her life . . . just like she destroyed his. . . Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic. 'Moving and thought-provoking' Observer

Summary: Sephy is a dark-skinned Cross in a society where people are judged by their colour and Crosses have the power. But after terrible disagreements with her family, Sephy is alone with her mixed-race baby. The baby's nought father is dead - and his brother wants to kill her. Can she protect herself and her child?.

This thought-provoking and often provocative look at racism is a sequel to the award-winning Noughts & Crosses. For fourteen years, Sephy, a singer, struggles to raise her mixed-race child in an apartheid society, telling Callie Rose very little about her father, and trying to make her mark in the music business where she also has to deal with prejudice. But suddenly and dramatically, Callie discovers the truth about her parentage -- that her father, Callum, was hanged for terrorism! Can mother and daughter heal the rift that now opens between them? And can Callie ignore the pain of the past as she takes her own steps towards her future? This is a riveting and page-turning novel for ages twelve and up that will confirm Malorie Blackman's status as one of today's top authors for young readers.

One-line descriptionA razor-sharp sequel to the award-winning NOUGHTS & CROSSES, set nine months later, the second in a series of three novels set in this world

In this harrowing near-future thriller, a teen girl reeling from a recent tragedy tries to do the right thing knowing one wrong move could unravel her society's fragile order. Persephone "Sephy" Hadley is six months pregnant with a biracial baby, a parentage that could be a death sentence in her brutal society. And Sephy has no one to help her after the baby's father was hanged for terrorism months ago. As her due date approaches, Sephy feels more and more haunted by her lost love. But she's not the only one who misses Callum. His brother, Jude, hasn't forgotten--or forgiven--anything about what happened. And he blames Sephy for Callum's death. Jude won't rest until he's avenged his brother by murdering the girl who got him killed. Jude's actions bring him dangerously close to meeting the same fate as Callum. With the man who wants her dead poised on a knife's edge, Sephy must decide if she's willing to save him from himself.

A mouse shows Mr. Bird what you can find in a people house.

While pregnant Persephone Hadley worries about raising a mixed-race baby in a racially divided society, the baby's father is executed for committing an act of terrorism. When people begin to blame Persephone for the execution, she takes action to protect herself and her unborn child.

Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they live in. Sephy Hadley - a Cross, powerful and privileged - has tied her life forever to the McGregor family. The McGregors are a family of noughts: inferior and persecuted. Jude McGregor blames Sephy for all the tragedies his family has suffered. He is determined to force her to take side, and destroy her life... just like she destroyed his.

Easy-to-read rhyme cites a number of common household items.

Second tome d'une trilogie de science-fiction. Le re cit se de roule dans une socie te organise e en castes, en fonction de la couleur de la peau ; la caste des Noirs e tant la plus puissante. Une jeune fille noire donne naissance a un be be , ne d'une union interdite avec un Blanc, Callum, aussito t condamne a mort. Traque e par les me dias, en butte a l'hostilite d'individus qui la jugent responsable de la mort d'un des leurs, la jeune femme va pourtant devoir prote ger un de ses ennemis les plus farouches, le propre fre re de Callum.

Imaginez un monde ou tout est noir ou blanc ? Ou ce qui est noir est riche, puissant et dominant. Ou ce qui est blanc est pauvre, opprime et me prise . Noirs et Blancs ne se me langent pas. Jamais. Pourtant, Callie Rose est ne e. Enfant de l'amour pour Sephy et Callun, ses parents. Enfant de la honte pour le monde entier. Chacun doit alors choisir son camp et sa couleur. Mais pour certains, cette couleur prend une teinte dangereuse... celle de la haine.