About the Book SPECIAL NEW EDITION INCLUDING AN EYE FOR AN EYE Callum is a nought – a second-class citizen in a world run by the ruling Crosses. . . Sephy is a Cross, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. . . In their world, noughts and Crosses simply don’t mix. And as hostility turns to violence, can Callum and Sephy possibly find a way to be together? They are determined to try. And then the bomb explodes. . . A gripping, stimulating and totally absorbing novel set in a world where black and white are right and wrong. In 2003 I wrote a book called An Eye For An Eye as a World Book Day special edition. The story timeline occurs after Noughts & Crosses but before Knife Edge. As the book only had limited availability after the year of its publication and because both I and my publisher have had so many requests for it, the story is now included at the back of this new edition. Enjoy! www.kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk/malorieblackman By Malorie Blackman and published by Doubleday/Corgi Books: The Noughts & Crosses sequence NOUGHTS & CROSSES KNIFE EDGE CHECKMATE DOUBLE CROSS A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E. DANGEROUS REALITY DEAD GORGEOUS HACKER PIG-HEART BOY THE DEADLY DARE MYSTERIES THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES THIEF! UNHEARD VOICES (An anthology of short stories and poems, collected by Malorie Blackman) For junior readers, published by Corgi Yearling Books: CLOUD BUSTING OPERATION GADGETMAN! WHIZZIWIG and WHIZZIWIG RETURNS For beginner readers, published by Corgi Pups/Young Corgi Books: JACK SWEETTOOTH SNOW DOG SPACE RACE THE MONSTER CRISP-GUZZLER Audio editions available on CDs NOUGHTS & CROSSES KNIFE EDGE CHECKMATE DOUBLE CROSS www.malorieblackman.co.uk Praise for the Noughts & Crosses sequence: Noughts & Crosses ‘Packs some powerful political punches to which readers will undoubtedly respond. But Blackman never compromises the story, which is dramatic, moving and brave’ Guardian ‘A book which will linger in the mind long after it has been read and which will challenge children to think again and again about the clichés and stereotypes with which they are presented’ Observer Knife Edge ‘Devastatingly powerful’ Guardian ‘A powerful story of race and prejudice’ Sunday Times Checkmate ‘Another emotional hard-hitter . . . bluntly told and ingeniously constructed’ Sunday Times ‘Blackman is a terrific thriller writer, driving her plots forward with skill and tenacity’ Evening Standard Double Cross ‘The latest book in Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses series, and potentially the best one yet’ Independent ‘Blackman “gets” people . . . she “gets” humanity as a whole, too. Most of all, she writes a stonking good story’ Guardian MALORIE BLACKMAN Noughts & Crosses Special new edition including An Eye for An Eye This eBook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly. Version 1.0 Epub ISBN 9781407047966 www.randomhouse.co.uk NOUGHTS & CROSSES including An Eye for An Eye A CORGI BOOK 978 0 552 55570 8 First published in Great Britain by Corgi Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, 2006 A RANDOM HOUSE GROUP COMPANY NOUGHTS & CROSSES First publication in Great Britain by Doubleday, 2001 Corgi edition published 2002 Copyright © Oneta Malorie Blackman, 2001 AN EYE FOR AN EYE First published in Great Britain by Corgi Books specially for World Book Day 2003 Copyright © Oneta Malorie Blackman, 2003 10 Copyright © Oneta Malorie Blackman, 2006 The right of Malorie Blackman to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. Addresses for companies within The Random House Group Limited can be found at: www.randomhouse.co.uk/offices.htm THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP Limited Reg. No. 954009 www.kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Contents Cover About the Book About the Author By Malorie Blackman Praise Noughts & Crosses Copyright Dedication Author’s Note Prologue Three Years Later . . . one. Sephy two. Callum three. Sephy four. Callum five. Sephy six. Callum seven. Sephy eight. Callum nine. Sephy ten. Callum eleven. Sephy twelve. Callum thirteen. Sephy fourteen. Callum fifteen. Sephy The Turning sixteen. Callum seventeen. Sephy eighteen. Callum nineteen. Sephy twenty. Callum The Picnic twenty-one. Sephy twenty-two. Callum twenty-three. Sephy twenty-four. Callum Breakdown twenty-five. Sephy twenty-six. Callum twenty-seven. Sephy twenty-eight. Callum twenty-nine. Sephy thirty. Callum thirty-one. Sephy thirty-two. Callum thirty-three. Sephy thirty-four. Callum thirty-five. Sephy thirty-six. Callum thirty-seven. Sephy thirty-eight. Callum thirty-nine. Sephy forty. Callum forty-one. Sephy forty-two. Callum The Split forty-three. Sephy forty-four. Callum forty-five. Sephy forty-six. Callum forty-seven. Sephy forty-eight. Callum forty-nine. Sephy fifty. Callum fifty-one. Sephy fifty-two. Callum fifty-three. Sephy fifty-four. Callum fifty-five. Sephy fifty-six. Callum fifty-seven. Sephy fifty-eight. Callum fifty-nine. Sephy sixty. Callum sixty-one. Sephy sixty-two. Callum sixty-three. Sephy sixty-four. Callum The Trial . . . sixty-five. Sephy sixty-six. Callum sixty-seven. Sephy sixty-eight. Callum sixty-nine. Sephy seventy. Callum seventy-one. Sephy seventy-two. Callum seventy-three. Sephy seventy-four. Callum The Way It Is . . . seventy-five. Sephy seventy-six. Callum seventy-seven. Sephy seventy-eight. Callum seventy-nine. Sephy eighty. Callum eighty-one. Sephy eighty-two. Callum eighty-three. Sephy eighty-four. Callum eighty-five. Sephy eighty-six. Callum eighty-seven. Sephy eighty-eight. Callum The Hostage . . . eighty-nine. Sephy ninety. Callum ninety-one. Sephy ninety-two. Callum ninety-three. Sephy ninety-four. Callum ninety-five. Sephy ninety-six. Callum ninety-seven. Sephy ninety-eight. Callum ninety-nine. Sephy one hundred. Callum one hundred and one. Sephy one hundred and two. Callum one hundred and three. Sephy The Confession . . . one hundred and four. Callum one hundred and five. Sephy one hundred and six. Callum one hundred and seven. Sephy one hundred and eight. Callum one hundred and nine. Sephy one hundred and ten. Callum one hundred and eleven. Sephy one hundred and twelve. Callum one hundred and thirteen. Sephy Decisions . . . one hundred and fourteen. Callum one hundred and fifteen. Sephy Losing My Religion . . . one hundred and sixteen. Callum one hundred and seventeen. Sephy This book is dedicated with love to my husband, Neil, And to our daughter, Elizabeth AUTHOR’S NOTE The African-American scientists, inventors and pioneers mentioned in chapter 30 are all real people and their achievements are very real. When I was at school, we didn’t learn about any of them – except Robert Peary, the white European-American explorer. I wish we had done. But then, if we had, maybe I wouldn’t have written this book…
