Product Description

Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father - Callum. Eaten up with bitterness, Callum's brother Jude, blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered. Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again, to take sides?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1151 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 449 pages

Review
" Knife Edge... is relentless in its pace... It is devastatingly powerful. - The Guardian Fast-paced and full of incident, Knife edge will be devoured by the many fans of the first book - TES A genuine literary achievement - Books for Keeps Malorie Blackman is writing a disturbing trilogy that should be read because it is important. And a gripping yarn as well. - The School Librarian"

From the Back Cover
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An abridgement of Knife Edge (C) Malorie Blackman 2004

Published by Doubleday in hardback and Corgi in paperback

Produced by Stuart Owen

Abridged by Sue Cook
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Manufactured and printed in UK

(P) Random House Audiobooks 2006

About the Author
Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. THE TIMES recently described her as 'a bit of a national treasure.'

Customer Reviews

Wow!
I'd been waiting so long to read the book, and it was well worth the wait. I read it in about 4hrs, n i cant wait for the last one in the series. The story starts with Sephy and her newborn baby Callie Rose, the book shows the struggle Sephy has to go through to do the best for her baby. It also shows what happens to Jude as he attempts to make Sephy pay for what she has done, along with every Cross he meets! The book is both like and unlike "Noughts and Crosses" in that it is set in "diary" form, but instead of it being from just two peoples points of view it is from Sephy's, Jude's, Minerva's, Meggie's(Callum's Mother) and Jasmine's(Sephy's mother). This adds an interesting twist to the story. It is a heart renching story of love, revenge, hatred and disloyalty that keeps you hooked and wanting more. The end is a suprise that I didn't even think of, like "Noughts and Crosses" this book left on a cliffhanger and a tear jerker of an ending making me cry. This is better even than "Noughts and Crosses" which i didnt think was possible! This is a "must read" for all you bookworms out there, and for all those who enjoyed Noughts and Crosses.

Wow...
My friend had lent me Noughts and Crosses, the best book ive ever read, and when it was finished i wished more than anything that there was a sequel. I found it, and it didnt disappoint. The opening lend on nicely from the first book and it sucked me in from the first chapter. I like the fact that Jude is one of the chracters they follow, as he is a mystery figure of sorts in the first book, and he turns out to be a compelling character with his own problems and dilemnas. He is also unpredictable, and the sudden plot twist (which i wont reveal) really shocked me. Sephy does turn out to be kind of whiny and moody, which kind of lowered my idea of her as a heroine... The band section was quite well thought out though i think, highlighting the gap between noughts and crosses even more, as did the newspaper sections. Towards the end, things start going bad for both characters, especially Jude, and even though he is an evil predujiced terroist, you still root for him, which shows what an amazing writer Malorie is too draw you in to this sick world and its characters, no matter what they are like. Overall this book is a great read, the only fault is it didnt last long enough. Bring on the sequel! (Please?)

Fantastic fantastic fantastic sequel
I wasn't sure I wanted to read Knife Edge. I loved Noughts and Crosses so much, I didn't want to read a sequel that wasn't an equal to the first book. But this book is just as good, if not better than the first one. I bought Knife Edge this morning and by the afternoon, I'd finished reading it. I don't see how any book this year could be better. The newspaper articles were brilliant, as were the rainbow sections. The whole thing just left me wanting the story to never end. Like Oliver, I wanted a lot more. The story covers the first year of Callie Rose's life but it's more about Sephy trying to carry on without Callum, and Jude trying everything he can to ruin Sephy's life. And the end was totally shocking. I didn't see it coming at all. Now I'm desperate to read the last one in the trilogy. It's driving me nuts that I'm going to have to wait until the next book comes out to know what happens next. Knife Edge was definitely worth the wait, but please, please - if you're reading this Miss Blackman - don't make us wait too long for the last part.