AuthorMalorie Blackman
NarratorAdjoa Andoh, Joan Walker, John Hasler, Nicole Davis, Nina Sosanya
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 3
Duration6h 47m
CategoriesYoung Adult and Teen Fiction
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
VersionUnabridged
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Checkmate by Malorie Blackman.
My name is Callie Rose.
My mum is a Cross - one of the so-called ruling elite.
My dad was a Nought. My dad was a murderer. My dad was a terrorist.
These facts are the only things that are mine and real. So I don't mind so much that I'm leaving it all behind. There's nothing here worth holding onto.
Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor. For Callie Rose, growing up mixed race in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns.
Enter Jude McGregor. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie.
But soon Callie is caught in a trap she can't get out of - one which will have deadly consequences.
Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.
'Dramatic, intensely moving' Carousel
'Another emotional hard-hitter' Sunday Times
Noughts and Crosses Series Book 1: Noughts and Crosses
Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Syan Blake, Paul Chequer
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 1
Duration 10h 39m
Sephy is a Cross, a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought, a 'colourless' member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood. But that's as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into C...
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Syan Blake
Duration 2h 55m
Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman' because of the weird and wonderful gadgets he comes up with - everything from exploding biscuits to Spy Kits. But when Gadgetman accidentally invents a device that could be used to steal millions of pounds, the wrong people find out and Gadgetman is kidnapped! With the help of her friends - and her special Gadgetman...
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Noughts and Crosses Book 2: Knife Edge
Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Joan Walker, John Hasler, Nina Sosanya
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 2
Duration 5h 10m
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman. No one could begin to guess at the depth of the hatred I held for Sephy Hadley. Everything began with her and my brother. And that's how it would end.Where there has been love, now there is hate. Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they li...
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Georgina Campbell
Duration 11h 49m
Olivia and her twin brother Aidan are heading alone back to Earth following the virus that wiped out the rest of their crew, and their family, in its entirety. Nathan is part of a community heading in the opposite direction. But on their journey, Nathan's ship is attacked and most of the community killed. Only a few survive. Their lives unexpec...
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Noughts and Crosses Book 6: Endgame
Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Josh Dylan, Vivienne Acheampong, Rebecca Lee, David John, Masali Baduza, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Simon Darwen
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 6
Duration 12h 3m
Brought to you by Penguin. It is 20 years in 2021 since Malorie Blackman's groundbreaking series began with Noughts & Crosses, which charted the deeply forbidden romance between Sephy (a Cross) and Callum (a nought) - a love affair which had repercussions for their families for generations.Endgame, the breathtaking conclusion to the series, inf...
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Jack Hawkins
Duration 7h 36m
Years after a violent war destroyed much of the world, Kaspar has grown up in a society based on peace and harmony. But beyond the city walls, a vicious band of rebels are plotting to tear this peace apart. It is up to the Guardians - an elite peacekeeping force - to protect the city, without ever resorting to the brutal methods of their enemy. Whe...
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Joe Jameson
Duration 7h 41m
In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood. You're waiting for the postman - he's bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist - a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it's your old girlfriend; and she's carrying a baby. Your baby. You'r...
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Joe Jameson
Duration 9h 45m
Kyle has always been afraid of things, especially dying. But when he gets on the train that is taking him and his class on a school trip, he has no idea how close to Death he is going to come. Death enters the train and Kyle moves with him, past his friends, who are frozen in time, in life-or-death situations. Kyle finds that he can pick up on thei...
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Noughts and Crosses Series Book 5: Crossfire
Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Vivienne Acheampong, Rebecca Lee, Josh Dylan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 5
Duration 8h 55m
Brought to you by Penguin. Crossfire is the long-awaited new novel in legendary author Malorie Blackman's ground-breaking Noughts & Crosses series - perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power.Thirty-four years have passed since Sephy Hadley - a Cross - first met Callum McGregor - a nought. Their love was forbidden, powerful - and dea...
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Roger Griffiths
Duration 4h 50m
It's a normal Friday evening for Elliot - until the police knock on the door and tell him his mum's in serious trouble! A security video clearly shows her breaking into a giant pharmaceutical company on behalf of the environmental action group A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E. Elliot can hardly believe it. His mum's a secretary, isn't she? Not a SPY!
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