The Book Fairies team up for BBC Noughts + Crosses Release

Malorie Blackman’s epic novel has been adapted for BBC One and The Book Fairies celebrated in the only way they know how…

Now unless you’ve been living under a rock, if you’re in the UK you will have heard of the new BBC adaptation of Noughts + Crosses. What better way to mark the occasion than by hiding one hundred copies of Malorie Blackman’s novel around the UK?

About the book:

Sephy is a Cross: dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. But she’s lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.

Callum is a nought: pale-skinned and poor, he’s considered to be less than nothing – a blanker, there to serve Crosses – but he dreams of a better life.

They’ve been friends since they were children, and they both know that’s as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies – love is out of the question.

Then – in spite of a world that is fiercely against them – these star-crossed lovers choose each other.

But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.

Voted as one of the UK’s best-loved books, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.

Lucky book finders!

We always love hearing from book finders! If you found a book, please tell us either by posting publicly online using #ibelieveinbookfairies, or by emailing bookfairyemail@gmail.com!

Found this in @CoventGardenLDN what a way to put a smile on peoples faces great idea #ibelieveinbookfairies pic.twitter.com/dhpjC609yG
— Omar Hassan (@hassano_82) March 4, 2020

@the_bookfairies look what I found! pic.twitter.com/GUUDLxSK98
— shelly71 (@shelly71) March 4, 2020

Found a copy of noughts and crosses by @malorieblackman in Telford Southwater this morning. Left by @the_bookfairies apparently. Perfect timing as I was looking for something new to read 😄. I’ll leave it somewhere once I’m done. #bookfound #ibelieveinbookfairies
— Ian Williams (@jabba461) March 4, 2020

The BBC Trailer for Noughts + Crosses:

Just in case, on the slim chance this new series has passed you by, here is the trailer! The series starts on BBC One on Thursday 5th March, and ALL EPISODES are immediately released onto BBC iPlayer!

Noughts + Crosses released on BBC One on Thursday 5th March 2020

Not lucky enough to find a book?

Do. Not. Panic. This beautiful edition is now in all good book shops, as well as on Hive Books here! We hope you love it as much as many book fairies do.

Want to get started with hiding books?

Book fairies around the world hide books every day. Some hide books as they finish them, so one book every now and then; some gather donations of secondhand books; some work closely with Book Fairies HQ – it’s really up to you how you do it! The very very very first step is to order some official stickers!