Checkmate [antikvár]

Introduction My name is Callie Rose. No surname. I am sixteen years old today. My mum is Persephone Hadley, daughter of Kamal Hadley. He is a politician - and a horrible man. My mum is a Cross — born into the so-called ruling class. My dad, Callum Ryan McGregor, was a Nought. My dad was a murderer. My dad was a terrorist. My dad burns in hell. Every time my mum looks at me, she wishes with all her heart that my dad was alive - and I wasn't. This is my last morning. All my tomorrows have become today — and today is all that I have left. In a society where people are judged by their colour, the dark-skinned Crosses hold all the power. Callie Rose is mixed race, the daughter of Sephy, a Cross, and Callum, a Nought freedom fighter. Callum is dead and Sephy is bringing up their child alone. Callum's brother, Jude, blames Sephy for all his family's troubles. He wants to destroy her. When he meets Callie Rose, he sees a way forward Checkmate is the third book by Malorie Blackman about ordinary people whose lives are destroyed by politics. It follows the highly successful Noughts and Crosses and Knife Edge, which ended with the baby Callie Rose near death. Both these books are also Penguin Readers. Noughts and Crosses began the story of Callum and Sephy, a young couple who fell in love. Callum's brother, Jude, and their father became members of