Checkmate

Blackman, Malorie

ISBN 10: 0385607733 / ISBN 13: 9780385607735

Published by London : Doubleday, 2005

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: The Noughts & Crosses trilogy. Physical description: 510p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Racially mixed children -- Adolescent literature -- Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 304265

Bibliographic Details

Title: Checkmate

Publisher: London : Doubleday

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a Nought father in a society where the pale-skinned Noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage and becomes determined to find out more, to honour both sides of her heritage. But her father's family has a complicated history - one tied up with the fight for equality for the Nought population. And as Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into this world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into more and more danger. Suddenly it's a game of very high stakes that can only have one winner...

Review:

"Blackman's style is expertly tailored to the needs of teenage readers." -"Times Educational Supplement" "From the Trade Paperback edition."