Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

"Noughts and Crosses" by Malorie Blackman is a book about a girl called Persephone Hadley (but she mainly goes by the name Sephy) and her best friend, Callum McGregor.

In the book, the history of the human race is very different, already giving the book a twist. Basically instead of Europe discovering things and having technology before everyone else, Africa did so the native Africans(Crosses) were wealthier and powerful and made Europeans(Noughts) slaves. By the time the story was set slavery was abolished but the book is still set in a very ignorant and segregated environment so the Crosses can keep in power.

Sephy is a Cross and her father is a wealthy Politician that Noughts don't like. Callum's mum worked for Sephy's mum so Sephy and Callum grew up together and were very close friends but Callum's mum was eventually fired. Later on in the book Callum finds out his brother Jude and his dad are in a type of organisation that is against the leader Crosses. A bomb goes off in a shopping centre and Callum's dad is arrested for it. Callum then joins the group because he thinks his dad is innocent and he obviously wasn't happy with his arrest. But in the meantime Sephy wants to run away with Callum because they can't be together as they are of different races/classes (They realize this properly when Callum goes to a very Cross populated school where he got bullied, they realize their race differences properly and how it matters in the society they live in). Callum's dad tries to escape from prison but is killed. Years later the people in the organisation kidnap Sephy because they don't like her dad, Callum, who is in on the kidnapping, hadn't seen her in years either because she went to boarding school (to get away from everyone) so he tells the other people kidnapping her he's going to check up on her. he finds out she hates him because she sent him a letter years ago before she went away so they could meet up but he never came, he tells her that he did go but he didn't make it on time and then he says he loves her. after they had shown their love for each other he let her escape. Later on in the book Sephy's pregnant and her dad makes her chose whether to have an abortion or get Callum arrested, and killed, for rape (which he didn't do). She picked to keep the baby so Callum was killed. Before he died he told her to call the baby Callie Rose which she did.

I really enjoyed this book because its storyline is so unique and had all these little sub plots that all added together and made the big plot and the ending so much more meaningful, it added to how i perceived the characters and helped me to sympathise (like when the story behind Callums sister is told and how you can see the closeness of their relationship before she died). Also in the book there's some great twists and the whole Noughts and Crosses background is very well thought out and it adds a great deal to the book because it makes it more interesting, different and it makes the book what it is. I like how it isn't predictable because it made me want to read on. The book isn't the easiest to follow at the beginning for me but as I went on I built more understanding so for me it's still an excellent book.

My favourite character is Callum because his character seems easily related to; he had to go through all different types of emotions throughout the book like any normal human being and he was down to earth, although so was Sephy but Sephy isn't my favourite character because it isn't easy to sympathise with her all the way throughout the book. On the other hand Callum was and I think that's why I liked him more; because I felt sorry for him. But also because he's a pretty courageous person because he put his life on the line for love and for his unborn child. Also because he has a very sweet side to him like his closeness to his sister and his understanding for her problems.

I think this book is fantastically written, and although the ending is quite sad, I can't wait to read the next book in the series to see what happens next!

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging... Review :)

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

This is a great book that consists of "diary entry's" from a teenage girl called Georgia Nicolson, in the book Georgia has trouble dealing with an annoying younger sister, parents who she doesn't meet eye to eye with, her cat called Angus, and not being able to finding boyfriend. It's a pretty realistic book which seems like its really written by a dramatic boy crazed teenager! Georgia's diary entries has vividly described entries, ridiculously funny and weird characters and ridiculous situations (like when she shaves off her eyebrow!)

The best thing about this book is the humor involved. I really liked how it was full of funny comments and speech made by Georgia (The main character) and her friends. I also think that the fact that it uses a good amount of humorous sentences straight away at the start of the book makes it a very intriguing.

In my opinion it's a really good book, I didn't want to put it down! And I think it was such a good book because of its realistic plot and melodramatic characters. It contains easy to read words and it's not one of those books that have lots of complicated words, by the use of simpler words it adds to the realism and also the slang words that are used in the book help to really see that the book is viewed from a teenagers view point.

My sister jodie by jacquline wilson REVIEW :)

In the book a family of four, a mum, a dad, and two girls, live in a house together. One of the girls, Jodie is a 14 year old, is very mischievous in school, she gets in a lot of trouble. however the eleven year old Pearl is a well behaved but quiet girl. the mum and the dad got a new job at a posh school and the girls had to adapt to a new environment when they moved. When they arrive, Things start to change now they are in their new home. Jodie has always been the leader - but now it's Pearl who's making new friends: tall, eccentric Harley and Mrs Wilberforce, the wife of the Head, with her library of wonderful books. Jodie just seems to be getting into more and more trouble - arguing with Mum, scaring the children, flirting with the young gardener

There are loads of reasons why it's a good book, for instance, it's an original plot and it doesn't have a storyline that is cliché.

I think it's a really good book and it's very heart-warming too, and it has a message behind it: about love and friendship and how it can be taken away from you easily. It's a book filled with different emotions and it has it's happy moments and sad moments etc.. and at the end there's a really big twist in the story which I think makes it complete!

My favourite character was Pearl because she seemed to caring and she cared also about people's situations, were as Jodie didn't because she was irresponsible and laid-back although I did like Jodie's character also because without it the book wouldn't have been the same and it would probably be rubbish.

I think the book was really simple. and at points maybe too simple so I think it lacked explanation at some points which would have made the book even better, and although the storyline was original it was a some points easy to predict what was going to happen less, so i think the book would have been better if there were more little twists put into the book in place of the predictable areas of the story.

Overall it was a brilliant story, that was like an emotional rollercoaster.

jacqueline wilson kiss review

I think that the book I read, kiss by jacquline wilson is a really good book. it builds tension and its not the type of book in which you can easily guess what is going to happen.

I'd give the book 3 stars as it has some parts to were it gets confusing and i don't think its as appealing. but then the story line got pretty prodictable and rubbish near the end and it didn't really end that well, but its well written and most parts are enjoyable and funny

it's about a girl and a boy who are best friends, but then they go to different schools. the girl basically gets kind of bullied except not really as she becomes friends with the new girl who everyone adores. deep down, Sylvie ( the girl) always dreamt of marrying Carl ( the boy). they have been writting a book together about her being the princess and him being the prince. but soon he starts to be distant as he finds a new friend who goes to his all boys school.



Sylvie and her new friend go on a "double date" with Carl and his friend, and Carl ends up trying to kiss his friend :O. then he gets beaten up as everyone finds out what he had done and people made fun of him. then Sylvie and her friend go to his school and defend him.