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  • Published: 1 June 2004
  • ISBN: 9780552551687
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $27.99

A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.




What if you had to crack a code to save a life? A critically acclaimed book for younger readers from the author of the bestselling Noughts and Crosses sequence.

It's just your average Friday night. Then the police show up.

Your mum's been caught on CCTV, breaking into a giant chemical company. They say she's working undercover for A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E, a group against animal testing - but how is that possible? She's not a spy - is she? Now she's on the run - and only you can uncover the truth. And you've got to crack a code to do it.

A gripping story from the bestselling author of Noughts and Crosses, Malorie Blackman.

  • Published: 1 June 2004
  • ISBN: 9780552551687
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the bestselling Noughts & Crosses series, Pig-Heart Boy, Boys Don't Cry and Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. There is also a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z's entertainment company) curating the soundtrack as executive music producer. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books. In 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature, and between 2013 and 2015 she was the Children's Laureate. Malorie also co-wrote the Doctor Who episode Rosa. The sixth and final novel in her Noughts & Crosses series, Endgame, was published by Penguin Random House Children's in Autumn 2021. Malorie’s autobiography Just Sayin’ was published by #MerkyBooks in summer 2023. In 2026 Malorie was made awarded a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the King's 2026 Birthday Honours, for services to literature.

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Praise for A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.

A mystery and adventure book combined

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

An exciting book . . . Full of adventure, detail and description and impossible to guess what will happen next

Newcastle Evening Chonicle

A gripping techno-thriller

Independent on Sunday

A cracking good yarn

Daily Telegraph

Strong characterisation and pacy dialogue make this a real winner

Independent

This book is a real page-turner and is hard to put down!

Sunday Express