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Knife Edge - Malorie Blackman

Description: ISBN 0385605277 / Author: Malorie Blackman / Genre: Fiction / A frightened girl running barefoot on a knife edge . . . that's how ... more

Knife Edge - Malorie Blackman ... eighteen-year-old Sephy feels as she gazes down at her new-born daughter, Callie Rose. Whilst Sephy is a Cross, the baby's father, Callum, was a nought, giving Callie Rose dual heritage in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts - blankers - as second-class citizens. What kind of world will her daughter grow up into? One which is more equal? Or one where discrimination still has the power to destroy lives? Sephy can only hope that the tomorrows will be better than the yesterdays. But fifteen years later, Callie Rose's actions are to plunge both of them into the heart of danger, forcing Sephy - once again - to take sides . . . Sequel to the award-winning Noughts & Crosses, Knife Edge is a razor-sharp and intensely moving novel for older readers. Set against an epic background of conflict, confrontation and courage, it is impossible to put down - and impossible to forget.

Newest Review: ... slaves. This message isn't as profound in this novel as it was in the previous, this novel tending to revolve around Sephy's ... more

... personal plight, but the message is still very much there. Plot - basic overview avoiding spoilers: With Callum's demise in the previous novel, his lover Sephy is left to raise their 'halfer' child, Callie Rose alone. And it proves to be no easy task. Sephy must deal with the loss of Callum and the derision of everyone besides her closest family. A child who is half Nought and half Cross appears to be unacceptable to either side, and Sephy must deal with the disgust of the general public. Her world is then shaken to...more

Read Reviews for Knife Edge - Malorie Blackman

Knife Edge - Malorie Blackman: So many lives balancing on a knife edge... (498 words)
by - written on 17/01/09 (Very useful, 101 readings)
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Knife Edge is the second book in the Noughts and Crosses series and continues on the story of Persephone 'Sephy' Hadley. Written again in first person the chapters alternate this time between Sephy and Jude primarily, with some chapters telling the story from the view of Sephy's mum, Jasmine, and Callum's mum, Meggie. Like Noughts and Crosses, this book carries on the exploration of racial prejudice in an innovative and inverted fashion. Malorie Blackman presents to us a world where coloured people, Crosses, were never the ones to be slaves but were in fact the slavers and white people - Noughts, who are historically the slavers are in fact the slaves. This ... Read the complete review

knife edge== further twist in the tale.. (183 words)
by - written on 05/09/08 (Useful, 61 readings)
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Knife Edge is the second part of the noughts and crosses trilogy. Sephy has had her baby Callie Rose and Callum is dead. The book mainly shows the thoughts and views ove Jude and Sephy. Other characters like Jasmine and Meggie are also brought into it. Jude is now even worse. He is colder than usual and a stone cold killer. When he falls in love with a cross he cannot take the emotion and ends up killing her. He soon gets over it though. His main goal in life is to seek revenge for his brother, Callum, by killing Sephy. The story goes on to describe the lives of both of them. Sephy trying to struggle her way through and cope with her baby and the public. Jude with only ... Read the complete review

Knife Edge - Malorie Blackman: A sharp point (1203 words)
by - written on 21/07/07 (Very useful, 152 readings)
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In the second of the Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman, Knife Edge explores the new relationship between Persephone Hadley (Sephy) her relatives and the general public, as she is left in a world where Noughts and Crosses envy each other. Having been left alone to bring up the half nought, half cross baby daughter, Callie Rose, Sephy is left hated and despised by all but her closest relatives and friends. It just doesn't seem right to them - half and half? You're either on our side or theirs... Knife Edge continues on the racist theme first seen in Noughts and Crosses, but this book will not be suitable for younger readers, I must note. While ... Read the complete review