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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
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 4
Duration 6h
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Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Syan Blake, Paul Chequer
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Duration 10h 39m
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Narrator Joe Jameson
Duration 7h 41m
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Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Joe Jameson
Duration 9h 45m
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Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Syan Blake
Duration 2h 55m
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View BookNoughts and Crosses Book 4: Double Cross
Author: Malorie Blackman
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Joan Walker, Nicole Davis, Nigel Pilkington
SeriesNoughts and Crosses, Book 4
Duration 6h 11m
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Narrator Syan Blake
Duration 5h 28m
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Narrator Melissa Lloyd
Duration 5h 12m
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