Bibliograph

Knife edge, Malorie Blackman ; retold by Karen Holmes

Type

Label

Knife edge, Malorie Blackman ; retold by Karen Holmes

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Knife edge

Responsibility statement

Malorie Blackman ; retold by Karen Holmes

Series statement

Penguin readers. Level 4

Summary

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. He was hanged for terrorism months ago, but his presence still torments Sephy. And she's not alone. Callum's brother, Jude, blames Sephy for the death, and thirsts for revenge...in the form of her life. Obviously, Sephy is not fond of Jude, but when his actions take him to the brink of disaster, his life poised on a knife edge, can she stand by and do nothing? Will she be forced once again to take sides in a chilling racial drama?

Target audience

adult

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