Double Cross

Malorie Blackman

Nov 2008 · RHCP Digital · Narrated by Joan Walker, Nicole Davis and Nigel Pilkington

3.5

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Double Cross by Malorie Blackman.

Just this once. Just this once and no more, I promise.
Please let me get away with it just this once . . .

Tobey wants a better life - for him and for Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the violent gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he's offered the chance to earn some extra money, how much could it hurt to just this once say 'yes'?

Callie Rose knows all about the danger of saying 'yes'. She knows about terrible mistakes, and violence and family feuds, and the fierce divide between Noughts and Crosses.

And knowing so much about the past makes her afraid for her future.

Because sometimes, one little bad decision can change everything . . .

'Powerful'
Sunday Times

'Blackman "gets" people . . . she "gets" humanity as a whole, too' Guardian

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3.5

2 reviews

Bee Jo

2 June 2019

I was listening to the book as well as reading it and not only are there the odd words missing but paragraphs. I thought I'd try something different (this is my first ever audiobook) and I will stick to holding the actual book in my hand. It is such a shame as this is a GREAT book as well as Malorie Blackman other books, and it's not a true reflection on her work. 5* Book however 1* on the audio.

About the author

Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. There is also a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z’s entertainment company) curating the soundtrack as executive music producer. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children’s books. In 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature, and between 2013 and 2015 she was the Children’s Laureate. Most recently Malorie wrote for the Doctor Who series on BBC One, and the fifth novel in her Noughts & Crosses series, Crossfire, was published by Penguin Random House Children’s in summer 2019.

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