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Book in very good condition, jacket has some creasing at front bottom. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the red house childrens book award and the fantastic fiction award. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 490 pages and is available in paperback format. Would you like to proceed to the app store to download the waterstones app. Rose has a cross mother and a nought father in a society where the paleskinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those. What malorie blackman has always done so brilliantly is put the minority front and centre, both in society and politics. Malorie blackman has written over fifty books and is acknowledged as one of todays most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. Rose has a cross mother and a nought father in a society where the paleskinned noug. Checkmate by malorie blackman at the best online ebook storage. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the carnegie medal. She qualified in computer science and followed a successful career in computing, before becoming a writer at the age of 28. Checkmate is the third book in noughts and crosses series authored by all time bestselling author malorie blackman.
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