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Malorie Blackman

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Obres de Malorie Blackman

Noughts and Crosses (2001) 2,205 exemplars
Knife Edge (2004) 872 exemplars
Checkmate (2005) 786 exemplars
Double Cross (2008) 419 exemplars
Boys Don't Cry (2010) 234 exemplars
Pig-Heart Boy (1997) 227 exemplars
Hacker (1992) 166 exemplars
An Eye for an Eye (2003) 110 exemplars
Thief! (1995) 105 exemplars
The Stuff of Nightmares (2007) 104 exemplars
Cloud Busting (2004) 102 exemplars
Noble Conflict (2013) 95 exemplars
Tell Me No Lies (1999) 90 exemplars
Crossfire (2019) 88 exemplars
A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E. (1997) 80 exemplars
Chasing the Stars (2016) 78 exemplars
The Ripple Effect (2013) 63 exemplars
A New Dress for Maya (1992) 63 exemplars
Hostage (1999) 59 exemplars
Dead Gorgeous (1729) 54 exemplars
Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories (2006) — Col·laborador — 50 exemplars
Nought Forever (2019) 47 exemplars
Love Hurts (2015) 45 exemplars
Dangerous Reality (1748) 43 exemplars
Operation Gadgetman! (1964) 41 exemplars
Unheard Voices (2007) — Editor — 41 exemplars
Snow Dog (2001) 41 exemplars
The Deadly Dare Mysteries (2005) 40 exemplars
Endgame (2021) 37 exemplars
Space Race (1997) 36 exemplars
The Monster Crisp-Guzzler (2002) 35 exemplars
Jon For Short (2013) 21 exemplars
Jack Sweettooth (1995) 21 exemplars
Sinclair, Wonder Bear (2003) 21 exemplars
Girl Wonder to the Rescue (1995) 20 exemplars
Trust Me (1992) 19 exemplars
Callum (2012) 18 exemplars
Whizziwig (1997) 18 exemplars
Jessica Strange (2002) 17 exemplars
My Friend's a Gris-Quok (1994) 16 exemplars
Betsey Biggalow is Here! (1992) 15 exemplars
Robot (2015) 14 exemplars
Just Sayin': My Life in Words (2022) 13 exemplars
Ellie and the Cat (2005) 13 exemplars
Peace Maker (2016) 12 exemplars
Betsey's Birthday Surprise (1996) 12 exemplars
Computer Ghost (1997) 11 exemplars
Contact (1997) 10 exemplars
Magic Betsey (1994) 10 exemplars
Lie Detectives (1998) 10 exemplars
Marty Monster (2008) 10 exemplars
Betsey Biggalow the Detective (1994) 9 exemplars
Forbidden Game (1999) 8 exemplars
Deadly Dare (1995) 8 exemplars
Heart Break Girl (2014) 8 exemplars
Fangs (1998) 8 exemplars
Hurricane Betsey (1994) 7 exemplars
Whizziwig | Whizziwig Returns (2005) 7 exemplars
Words Last Forever (1998) 5 exemplars
Impact: Horror Set D (1997) 5 exemplars
A Dangerous Game (2018) 4 exemplars
Secret of the Terrible Hand (1996) 4 exemplars
The Quasar Quartz Quest (1997) 3 exemplars
Noughts & Crosses STREAMING (2009) 3 exemplars
Grandma's Haunted Handbag (1996) 3 exemplars
Whizziwig Returns (1999) 2 exemplars
Gwystl (2009) 2 exemplars
Peril on planet Pellia (1997) 2 exemplars
The Mellion moon mystery (1997) 1 exemplars
Scary Stories (1997) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
North 1 exemplars
Dizzy's Walk (2008) 1 exemplars
Mrs Spoon's family (1995) 1 exemplars
Elaine, you're a brat (1994) 1 exemplars
La révolte ou la paix (2018) 1 exemplars

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Noughts and Crosses Signed on the Website for £75 a Folio Society Devotees (febrer 11)
British Author Challenge December 2023: Malorie Blackman & E. M. Forster a 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (desembre 31, 2023)

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OMIGOD this is such a good book. It moves along interestingly at first but not so terribly differently than many another good YA, but it sneaks up on you and is powerful in its stealth. So glad I read it.
 
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thesmellofbooks | Hi ha 68 ressenyes més | Mar 17, 2024 |
Four Things I Hated About This:

1. The audiobook narrators
2. The writing
3. The premise
4. The characters

I agree with another reviewer who said we don't really need a version of the Civil Rights Movement where white people are the oppressed ones. I can actually imagine young readers who will get something out of this, but I really didn't. (Honestly, I didn't even make it that far into the book before I couldn't take it anymore.) I kept thinking of that scene at the end of the movie A Time to Kill where Matthew McConaughey is giving his closing argument and ends with "now imagine she's white." Like for some people, they cannot grasp the effects of racism unless they imagine their own race being subjected to it.… (més)
 
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LibrarianDest | Hi ha 68 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2024 |
Reason read: British author challenge, Dec 2023
Author of children's lit. New to me. It was a fun read.
Shape shifting and babysitting
½
 
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Kristelh | Dec 21, 2023 |
Last in the dystopian series set in an alternative Britain in which a 360 degree turnaround focuses light from a different angle on racism, with the setting an alternative history in which Crosses, black people, have always been the dominant civilising force, with white people as former slaves only emancipated fifty years before the timeline of the story. Noughts, as they are known, face the sort of racism that in real life is directed against black people, including the abusive term 'blanker', and massive discrimination in education, employment and all other important areas of life.

In this final volume, the focus is on Tobey, the best friend and would-be boyfriend of Callie Rose. Most of the story is from his viewpoint, due to the circumstances which beset Callie, so it returns to the original structure of alternating viewpoints for much of it then a big chunk in the middle by Tobey. I found it made for a tighter story in some ways. However, the racial angle, so key to the earlier books, isn't so much of a main issue this time. Instead, the story focuses on the two rival crime gangs which rule the area where the two young people live, and how they impact on their lives and on the community. Tobey becomes pulled into criminal activity, despite knowing it is against his best interests, drawn by his long-term friendship with Dan who has become a "delivery boy" for one of the criminals, and who tempts Tobey to help him and to share the payment.

Callie Rose is dealing with her guilt over the death of her grandmother, Jasmine, her mother Sephy's mother, blown up by the bomb which Callie had been persuaded to make by her terrorist uncle in book 3 of the series. She also fears that he escaped the blast given that the person killed with Jasmine is finally identified as someone she has never heard of and she blames herself for killing an innocent man. And when something happens to her, Tobey goes all out to get revenge and nullify the threats hanging over her and his family. Despite the eventual happy ending, there is still the unintended consequence that thanks to his efforts, the crime empire is now united under the control of one man.

One good aspect is that Callie Rose is nowhere near as irritating as in the previous book. The story is also quite a page turner with tension rising as Tobey becomes more and more enveloped in danger from all sides and it is unclear how he can ever prevail. The fate of one 'good' character was also quite a shock. I did however find the resolution of that plot line rather unbelievable given the sudden conscience it required one character to develop, and perhaps the actual ending is a bit too perfect. But on the whole, a solid 4-star read.
… (més)
 
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kitsune_reader | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Nov 23, 2023 |

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Obres
97
També de
11
Membres
7,157
Popularitat
#3,427
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
168
ISBN
482
Llengües
14
Preferit
8

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