Book description
Seventeen-year-old Jayna wishes she could spend every second of the
day with Andrew. He's her first love, and he understands her like
nobody else can. Jayna just wishes Andrew's prejudiced family could
accept her - but when they're alone together, it hardly seems to matter.
But something strange has happened to Andrew. He looks . . .
different. Pale and drawn, as if he hasn't been outside for days, with
mysteriously cold green eyes. He won't go out in the sunlight, and
he's unnaturally fast and strong. And now he wants Jayna to join him.
Now she has to make the choice: to lose Andrew forever, or to be
with him always - no matter the cost.
Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most
imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. Noughts &
Crosses has won several prizes, including the Red House Children's
Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award, has been adapted for the
stage by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is soon to be a graphic
novel. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in
recognition of her contribution to the world of children's books, and
in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature.
She has been described by The Times as 'a bit of a national treasure'.
