Callie Rose knows too much - too much about violence and family feuds, and too much about Nnoughts and Crosses. And knowing so much about the past makes her afraid for her future. People always seem to want revenge.

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, just this once, would it hurt to say 'yes'?

One small decision can change everything . . .

'Powerful' Sunday Times

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

MALORIE BLACKMANhas written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of todays most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Childrens Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to childrens books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to childrens literature. She has been described byThe Timesas a national treasure. Malorie Blackman was the Childrens Laureate 201315.

Explosively page-turning, dramatic and full of relevance for our world today, Double Cross is Malorie Blackman's fourth novel in the award-winning Noughts and Crosses sequence.