Knife Edge: Book 2

by Malorie Blackman

Book Overview

Persephone Hadley is six months pregnant with a mixed-race baby. In their society this fact alone will threaten the child's life every day. To make matters worse, the baby's father, Callum, is dead.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552548928
• ISBN13: 9780552548922
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Amazing

This book was amazing. I think made me cry even more than the first one, which had the hanging scene. I still havent read the third one, but I ordered it and cant wait. Best book series ever.

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Courtesy of Teens Read Too

It's a disturbing world where blacks, the Crosses, are the over-privileged, and whites, the Noughts, are treated as unequal. Sephy is a Nought who is also the mother of Callie Rose. Her husband, Callum, was a Cross but was murdered for taking part in the Liberation Militia. Then there is Jude, Callum's brother, the one person who is blaming Sephy for the death of his brother. However, Callum's mother isn't holding a grudge against Sephy. The one thing on Jude's mind is to get revenge for his brother. And his first step is to get rid of Sephy. Along the way both Jude and Sephy fall in love with other people: one to get access to money, while the other is just in contempt. But also along the way, both of their lives become even more complex, and even more damaged. One will be helped, one will be betrayed, and only one will be overwhelmed by their current distress and do the unthinkable. Dark, emotional, and extremely alarming, KNIFE EDGE gets us an inside look at a world separated by color and where hatred and violence flourishes. A great follow-up to NOUGHTS & CROSSES (re-released in paperback as BLACK & WHITE), Malorie Blackman continues to entice us with even more drama. Reviewed by: Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen

an amazingly touching book, which appeals to all of the emotions

Noughts and crosses was deservidly my favourite book, and i was a little worried that this one would not live up to it. My concerns were needless as it is every bit as good as the first. The Noughts and Crosses trilogy is a daring and wildly imaginative concept which has been brilliantly realised by a fantastically talented writer. I thought that this book was excellently written and an exceptionally enjoyable read. Checkmate really captures the imagination from the first page. It is a rollercoaster of a book, taking the reader through a whirlwind of different emotions. The turmoil that Callie Rose endures as she grows up is particularly well portrayed. This book is a fabulous end to an amazing trilogy. Malorie Blackman is one of the finest writers i have had the fortune to come across! I know that this is supposed to be the end of the trilogy but I really feel that there is more mileage in this series. Write some more Malorie!I only wish that this was not the last of the books, i am devastated at the thought of there not being anymore!

Knife Edge

Like the first book(Noughts and Crosses), it is totally stunning and heart breaking and I have to admit that it's a great book. Sephy's daughter Callie Rose, knows little about her father who was hanged for terrorism. One day, Callie finds out about the death of her father and is scared but eager to discover the real truth.