Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses Trilogy) [Import] [Audio CD]

Malorie Blackman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 25, 2007 | Series: Noughts & Crosses Trilogy (Book 3)

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 lifelong battle against prejudice. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she finds out the truth about her parentage and becomes determined to find out more. As Rose takes her first steps away from Sephy and into her father’s world, she finds herself drawn inexorably into danger. Suddenly it’s a game of very high stakes that can have only one winner.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Blackman’s style is expertly tailored to the needs of teenage readers.”
–Times Educational Supplement --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. THE TIMES recently described her as 'a bit of a national treasure.'

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Audio CD
• Publisher: Audiobooks; abridged edition edition (September 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846576512
• ISBN-13: 978-1846576515
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 1 x 5.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT! but obviously not as breath-taking as the first one, December 15, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses Trilogy) (Paperback)

(rating: 4 stars and a half)
Personnally, as a teen, i loved Noughts and Crosses. It's my favorite book to date and Checkmate really ended the trilogy on a good note. It was great, though i suggest to not read this one first and really start with the first one (Noughts and Crosses). I do think the whole trilogy really goes deep and the whole series makes an amazing gift for a teen (not for younger children). Also, Checkmate makes you read at the tip of your page and always looking for an answer (which you do find by the way, this is not a loose-end book). Again, I loved it...i loved the whole series!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect concluding novel, December 29, 2005

By 

Zainab (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Checkmate (Hardcover)

This was a beautiful end to the timeless trilogy and has probably even beaten its predecessor, Noughts & Crosses. Even without the tragic hanging scene, it made me cry the most.

Checkmate tells the story of Carrie Rose and her childhood in dramatic flashbacks, about how had to fight the prejucides of being a 'halfer'. In these memories, Jude is back and is being haunted by the loss of his dead brother, but he neglects the power of love and lures his niece into his deadly trap. Meanwhile, back in the present, Sephy and Carrie are having problems of their own and struggle to have a strong, familial relationship so she does everything she can not to lose her.

Throughout the book, I still felt that something was 'missing' and the absence of Callum really depressed me! I read the novel (I should say 'epic tome' - it's that brilliant) from start to finish in one whole day, and well after midnight I was still thoroughly compelled.

Of course, you've probably got the jist of this review and realise that I would seriously recommend this book to you. If you've read the last two books (Noughts & Crosses and Knife Edge) and loved them, you'll love this book. Just make sure you have a year's supply of Kleenex ready for a tearfully thought-provoking read!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, July 12, 2010

By 

Katie J Dobson (SEARCY, ARKANSAS, US) - See all my reviews

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