Here he expresses his anger by lyingas the novel shows, the love between Callum and Sephy transcends racial boundaries, and other noughts and Crosses can be friends (like Jasmine and Meggie). She was the Waterstones Children's Laureate for 2013-2015. After Ryan's hanging is interrupted, Callum climbs through Sephy's window to confront her. In their world of prejudice and distrust, highlighted by violent.

In 2008, she was then honoured with an OBE for her services to Children's Literature. The first book Noughts and Crosses revolves around Callum (a nought) and Sephy (a cross). In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books. Malorie has also written a number of titles for younger readers. Her work has appeared on screen, with Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, being adapted into a BAFTA-award-winning TV serial. Both Hacker and Thief! won the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award - Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice - while Hacker also won the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. The novels in her Noughts & Crosses sequence have won several awards, including the Children's Book Award, and she has won many other awards for her books for the Random House list. Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers.

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