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The Weight of Water
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
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This moving and accessible verse novel is ideal for children and young adults, particularly those interested in stories about immigration, identity, and emotional growth. It will appeal to readers seeking a powerful, poetic narrative that handles difficult themes with sensitivity and hope.
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Poignant, powerful, just perfect - Cathy Cassidy
This poetic novel is sheer perfection ... I loved it - Irish Examiner
A compellingly beautiful, utterly seductive debut novel β¦ 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 wanting more.
Sometimes I want to tear off my clothes
And show them I'm the same
Underneath β
Maybe better.
Life is lonely for Kasienka. She misses her old home in Poland, her mother's heart is breaking, and at her new English school friends are scarce. But when someone new swims into her life, Kasienka learns that there is more than one way to stay afloat.
This stunning novel from Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan explores how to pick up the pieces when everything you know is turned on its head and you have to start all over again.
Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation...
Don't miss Sarah Crossan's other irresistibly page-turning books Moonrise, One, Apple and Rain, and Toffee.
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Critically acclaimed for its subtle lyricism and emotional depth, The Weight of Water has been described as 'poignant, powerful, just perfect' by Cathy Cassidy and 'sheer perfection' by the Irish Examiner, praised for its heartfelt portrayal of alienation and resilience. The Scotsman calls it 'a compellingly beautiful, utterly seductive debut'. John Agard highlights how the novel captures complex issues with disarming simplicity and poetic resonance.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526606907
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 May 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury YA
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Sussex. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. Sarah Crossan won the 2016 CILIP Medal, the YA Book Prize, the CBI Book of the Year Award and many other prizes for her novel One.
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