Sarah Crossan

_______________ 'This poignant, realistic tale is about learning to love and taking responsibility, and how poems can tell the truth' - Sunday Times Book of the Week 'A story of the redeeming power of love. It's beautifully written and it made me cry but it also made me laugh' - The Bookbag _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL All...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 ‘Devastating … Any reader with a heart will weep buckets’ Sunday Times Book of the Week They think I hurt someone. But I didn’t. You hear? Cos people...

Funny and dark. Tender and tough. Uncanny and relatable. — Erin Kelly Deeply moving, simultaneously delicate yet hard-hitting — Claire Kilroy Blends comedy, drama and heartbreak — John Boyne A really clever novel — Cecelia Ahern ______________________________________________________________ On an ordinary morning in an ordinary house, a woman discovers a secret her husband has been keeping. It is a secret that...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD What would you do if you lost someone the world never knew was yours? For three years, Ana has been consumed by an affair with Connor, a client at her law firm. Their love has been consigned to hotel rooms and dark corners of pubs, their relationship kept hidden from the world....

Girl in Pieces meets One of Us is Lying, told in Sarah Crossan’s inimitable and award-winning verse. Connie Ryder is taken from her home in the dead of night and sent to Silver Lake Academy – a remote, high-security facility for ‘troubled’ teens. At Silver Lake, the vulnerable and the violent are locked in together under a brutal regime that...

_______________ 'Mad Max for the eco-generation' - Love Reading 4 Kids 'The all-action plot and the hinted-at romantic triangle will keep the reader's interest to the end' - Irish Examiner _______________ When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides which lucky few will live inside the Pod. Everyone else will slowly suffocate. Years after the Switch,...

YA rising stars Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan join forces to break readers' hearts in this contemporary story of star-cross'd lovers. Jess would never have looked twice at Nicu if her friends hadn't left her in the lurch. Nicu is all big eyes and ill-fitting clothes, eager as a puppy, even when they're picking up litter in the park for...

A provocative, tender and darkly funny novel that explores the painful truths of modern-day connection, and all the complicated and unexpected forms that love can take in a lifetime. 'Inventive astute and funny' Observer 'As rip-roaring as it is thought provoking' i A love triangle, but with a twist' Guardian 'Highly original, deeply moving, simultaneously delicate yet hard hitting' Claire...

‘A beautiful, perfect, moving read’ – Cecelia Ahern, author of PS, I Love You The outstanding novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning, former Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan, is thought-provoking and moving as it explores love and family during The Great Hunger. Ireland, 1846. Nell is working as a scullery maid in the kitchen of the Big House. Once she loved...

Poignant, powerful, just perfect - Cathy Cassidy This poetic novel is sheer perfection ... I loved it - Irish Examiner A compellingly beautiful, utterly seductive debut novel … Do not miss it - The Scotsman The Weight of Water is Sarah Crossan's exquisite debut novel that explores first love, friendship and quiet courage. It will leave you sad, happy and...

Enchanting and imaginative, this gentle, playful picture book addresses an anxious child’s need to find control. - The Guardian A tender picture and insightful read-aloud picture book about anxiety: showing children aged 3-7 years old they do not have to carry their worries alone – there’s always room under your umbrella for someone else. The debut picture book from the...

_______________ 'Broke my heart and mended it' - Cecilia Ahern 'It will shake up preconceptions and move readers to tears' - Sunday Times Book of the Week 'Truly remarkable' - Irish Times _______________ WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER OF THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER OF THE CLIPPA POETRY AWARD...

‘A beautiful, perfect, moving read’ – Cecelia Ahern, author of PS, I Love You The outstanding novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning, former Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan; thought-provoking and moving, it explores love and family during The Great Hunger. Ireland, 1846. Nell is working as a scullery maid in the kitchen of the Big House. Once she loved school and...

A tender and insightful read-aloud picture book about anxiety: showing children aged 3-7 years old that they do not have to carry their worries alone – there’s always room under your umbrella for someone else. Tallulah doesn’t like the rain. It spoils her new dress. It makes her favourite biscuits soggy. It ruins everything. So she gets an umbrella from...