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CROSSFIRE – the reviews are in!

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Malorie Blackman’s Crossfire published earlier this month on 8th August 2019. Since then, the reviews have come flooding in! A selection…

“Rich in moral and social issues, it is devastating about racial attitudes and tantalising inconclusive” The Sunday Times, Children’s Book of the Week

“[Malorie Blackman] is a supremely suspenseful writer, who will lull you into ditching the crib sheet and letting the story sweep you on … [a] nail-biting drama” The Daily Telegraph

Crossfire is searing, political and furious. Malorie’s world building is sublime and the way the Noughts & Crosses series holds a mirror up to society is unrivalled” Juno Dawson, Author of Clean and Meat Market

“The fast-paced drama will resonate with internet-era teens – and there’s more to come” Daily Mail

“It chillingly echoes the tempestuous taste of the world today while offering the intensity of a thriller” i newspaper

“If you are a fan of YA novels, and grew up reading Malorie Blackman, her new book Crossfire is sure to incite some nostalgia” Bustle.com

“And, once again, in her latest book Crossfire, Blackman captures the uncomfortably familiar zeitgeist” Stylist.co.uk

Published: 27th August 2019