Summary Of Malorie Blackman Noughts And Crosses Chapters

Summary Of Malorie Blackman; Noughts And Crosses Chapters 25 to 33 By Charlotte Leeman

CHAPTER 25 REVIEW In chapter 25 Sephy and Callum are talking about what happened on the train, with Callum and the police officers. Sephy also starts to question herself about the noughts and how everyone acts around each other, I think she might be starting to see the truth about her fathers job and what a lot of the Crosses are really doing to the noughts or she might of realised that everything the news paper and her family says is true but is she being fooled by this. Another thing that takes place is Callum ask Sephy who beat her up the other day, even though it took sometime for Sephy to say she did, but Callum then rethinks about this and knows that he can’t do a lot to help her with this problem. This discussion is how the chapter finishes.

CHAPTER 26 REVIEW In this chapter Lynette’s secret comes out, after a huge fight happens in the Mc. Gregor houses hold. Callum arrives home to find his brother Jude shouting at his sister Lynette, he thinks its just like normal until his sister, who daydreams, doesn’t talk to anyone and thinks she isn't the same as the rest of the family, shouts back at him. Lynette also hit Jude after he said things he didn’t know the truth about. When Jude snaps back at her Callum gets involved and sticks up for his big sister, this rages Jude therefore starting a fight between the two boys. In result to this Ryan, their father pulls the boys apart. Jude shouts at Ryan, causing him to hit Jude and informing the boys of what really happened 3 years ago to Lynette. This put tears in Callum’s eyes and hearing what people are capable of really hurts them both. Ryan tells them how Lynette and her boyfriend were beat up so bad that they almost died. Lynette and Jed, her boyfriend were beat up by 3 nought men because of Jed being a Cross and Lynette being a nought. When Ryan says this it makes Lynette think making her sad and ask questions about his, taking her back to when she was with him.

CHAPTER 27 REVIEW In this chapter Sephy asks her mum if she could have a birthday party for her fourteenth, her mother agrees but this comes a shock to Sephy. She was expecting an argument with her mother but she guessed that for a change she was happy. Sat there drinking white wine and reading a book I think she was so relaxed that she couldn’t be bothered to argue so she agreed to prevent upset. With her mother saying yes Sephy now can get to her plan but she need to keep this a secret otherwise she will be in deep trouble.

CHAPTER 28 REVIEW At the start of this chapter Callum's mother and father are having debate on a man called Alex Luther and on the General. This leads them into an argument they always seem to have but this one seems to be worse than what the others have been. During this Callum sneaks down stairs to receive a call for Sephy, they have a special way of getting hold of each other for urgent talks but this only happens at 3 am to 3. 30 am. Callum waits to hear from Sephy and then after Callum has nearly given up she calls. So called to invite him to her birthday, but Callum asks if her mother knows she has invited him and she says no this makes Callum start to question why she is inviting him to her birthday at her family home where her mum will see him and throw him out straight away.

CHAPTER 29 REVIEW CHAPTER 30 REVIEW At the start of the chapter Callum is in history lesson In this small chapter Sephy is and the teacher is talking about how people just like now getting cold feet by this I them are scientist, inventors, artists and media mean that she is starting to get celebrities and how they all started from the bottom and nervous about inviting Callum. worked their way up just like all the students in the room Mr Jason asked the class question about scientist, She wishes thing were different can. pioneers and achievers, no one in the class but Callum so he could be first on her list but knew the answer and when he answered them all she know that things wont correctly Mr Jason did not like it so he snapped at Callum. change anytime soon. Due to all This made Callum not want to answer anymore of Mr of this worrying she can not get Jason's questions, so he did not talk for the rest of the lesson, but Mr Jason said something that annoyed to sleep, she keeps rolling and Callum so much that he spoke his mind back to his turning but it makes no teacher which lead to him being thrown out of the class. When he arrives at the head teachers office he hears difference. She rolls to her stomach and punches her pillow Mrs Paxton and the head arguing about how people are treating the noughts in the school. She leaves and sees by doing this it shows the reader Callum stood outside, he explains what has happened. her anger but this can also show She tells Callum that he is only doing this to ensure that her sadness at the fact that her he doesn’t fail the reason for this is because Mr Jason's and Callum are not allowed near mother was a nought, Mrs Paxton tells Callum to show that Mr Jason isn't being mean but to toughen him up. each other.

CHAPTER 31 REVIEW In this chapter Sephy and her sister Minnie over hear their mother and father arguing after tea. Jasmine their mother sent them up to bed straight after tea to do homework but both of them sat on the stairs. During the argument they find out that their father has a son older than Minnie and that he is seeing another woman, when Jasmine finds out she starts so threaten him with divorce this makes Kamal happy and he says some extremely hurtful things. Minnie hearing enough she goes to her room but Sephy stays put until she hear her fathers foot steps getting louder. She then darts up the stairs to her room and grabs her jumper before running back down and out of the front before anyone could stop her. She runs to the beach where she sees Callum sat waiting for her. She tells Callum that he cannot come to her party and that the only reason he was coming in the first place was to hurt her mother and old friends like they hurt her feelings. Callum understands and accepts it. She promises that they will do something else instead.

CHAPTER 32 REVIEW In this chapter Callum and Lynette his sister have a deep conversation. Callum is led in bed thinking about what Mrs Paxson had told him when his sister, Lynette knocks on the door. When she comes in she looks different sad empty, she asks Callum how does she keep going. Callum replies with because I know what I want. Callum want to be someone and make a difference to the world. She ask but what one more, he reply's to be someone because to be someone you will have money a nice house and will be respected by both noughts and Crosses and he says he will do this by not giving up and doing his best at school and working his way up the ladder like what Mr Jason was telling the class. When Lynette leaves his room she leaves his door open, forcing him to close it himself and when he does he notices Lynette going into her room and shutting her door behind her before she does he sees her pain and sadness but then catches his toe on the floor as he bends down she shuts the door and prevents him from seeing her.

CHAPTER 33 REVIEW In this chapter Sephy and her sister are talking out the argument they heard their mother and father had. When Sephy walked in to her sisters room she noticed that she had been crying, she was about to ask but she already knew the answer. Sephy brings up the fact that she thinks that their parents might be getting a divorce Minnie tells her she being silly and that their father always threatens their mother with it, Sephy quickly intnterups and states that their mother was making the threat this time. Minnie is now not sure. Sephy then brings up the fact they have a bother and Minnie let slip that she found out 3 years go. Sephy asks why she was never told and says that she want to find her brother but Minnie reminds her that this is partly the reason their mother is how she is. Sephy still continues to try and find out for and says that she is going to go and ask her father when Minnie hears this she flips and tells Sephy shell not ask their father.