Naughts and Crosses

Malorie Blackman's Naughts and Crosses is what you would call an upside down tale on history and is a great book for all young teens and up. As we all know, back around the 1960's there was quite a lot of racial discrimination between Black and White people. Well this book turns it around and makes history tell the tale of when Black people thought white people were below them. This is the first book in the series and it tells the story of Sephy, a black girl who daughter of a man who is to be a prime minister, and Callum, a white second class citizen. Black people are referred to a Crosses, while white people are referred to as Naughts, which is how you get the title. Anyway, these two kids have known each other, since they were children, and have been friends ever since. However they keep their friendship a secret since Crosses should never interact with Naughts. Their lives only get more complicated as the story unravels revealing some "complicated" feelings. This is truly one great story of friendship, hatred, and love as these two kid's tales reveal some dark facts about people. I began to read this book f0r a class but each page just became more exciting. It lead me to begin reading the next book in the series. I give it a solid 8/10 since it does get a bit to dramatic for me. But hey for all you drama lovers out there I recommend reading it.