Noughts & Crosses : 25th Anniversary Special Edition

Celebrate twenty-five years of Noughts & Crosses with this beautiful, luxe special edition, including a new foreword from Stormzy.

'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!'

Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.

Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life.

They've been friends since they were children, and they both know that's as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies - love is out of the question.

Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.

But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.

Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.

Author: Malorie Blackman

Interest age: from c 12 years, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage)

Published on 19 Mar 2026 by Penguin Random House Children's UK.