Penguin Noughts And Crosses Collection 6 Books Set By Malorie Blackman

The Penguin Noughts And Crosses Collection brings together six books by Malorie Blackman, set in a society where black and white are positioned as right and wrong. Across the series, the ruling Crosses hold power while pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors, shaping lives, relationships and conflict.

This set follows interconnected stories including Sephy, a Cross, and Callum, a nought, alongside later events involving Tobey Durbridge and Callie Rose. The collection includes a special edition of Noughts and Crosses featuring the novella An Eye for An Eye, which continues the tale.

Included titles

• Noughts and Crosses
• Double Cross
• Checkmate
• Knife Edge
• Crossfire
• Endgame

Key details

• Six-book collection by Malorie Blackman
• Set in the world of Noughts and Crosses
• Includes a special edition of Noughts and Crosses
• Special edition includes the novella An Eye for An Eye

Synopses

Noughts and Crosses

Callum is a nought, a second-class citizen in a world run by the ruling Crosses. Sephy is a Cross, the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. In a society where noughts and Crosses do not mix, hostility escalates into violence as they try to find a way to be together, until a bomb explodes.

Double Cross

Tobey wants a better life for himself and his girlfriend, Callie Rose, and wants nothing to do with the gangs that dominate his world. When he is offered money for making a few deliveries, he must decide whether to accept the offer, just this once.

Checkmate

Rose’s mother, Sephy, has told her almost nothing about her father. As Rose becomes a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage and is determined to learn more. Taking her first steps away from Sephy, she is drawn into increasing danger.

Knife Edge

Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat noughts as inferiors. Her baby daughter has a nought father, Callum, and Callum’s brother Jude blames Sephy for the losses his family has suffered. Jude’s life now rests on a knife edge.

Crossfire

Years after Sephy and Callum’s love changed their families and society, the world appears different, with Tobey Durbridge in power as the first Nought Prime Minister. Although race and class seem less divisive, Tobey is framed for murder and turns to his oldest friend, Callie-Rose, as two young people are kidnapped and everything they have fought for is put at risk.

Endgame

Tobey Durbridge is about to go on trial for the murder of ganglord Dan Jeavons, and insists he has been framed. Ten guests attended Dan’s dinner party on the night he was killed, each with their own reasons for wanting him dead, and Sephy Hadley was among them. Haunted by the idea that she did not do enough to stop the death of Callum McGregor, Sephy refuses to wait quietly as accusations begin to fall, with her children to protect.