‘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
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Sarah Crossan’s exquisite debut novel 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 –
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.
Review
Poignant, powerful, just perfect ―
Cathy Cassidy
Succinct, with a gentle lyricism, the poems are telling about immigration, prejudice, self-delusion, families and first love, on the way to a life-changing conclusion ― Sunday Times Book of the Week
This poetic novel is sheer perfection – for adults as well as for teenagers. Being in Kasienka’s head, the reader gains a new understanding of how alienation feels. I loved it ― Irish Examiner
A compellingly beautiful, utterly seductive debut novel . Do not miss it, and press it upon your friends and acquaintances ― The Scotsman
You’ve entered the young Polish girl’s voice with a heartfelt conviction. I felt like I was watching a movie of her life in present time and at the same time sharing in what’s happening inside her head. What I especially like is that nothing is overstated, but there are so many pregnant issues there – prejudice, migration, language bias – but what’s so disarming and charming is the way the girl reveals her inner self with a poetic and resonant simplicity ― John Agard
Book Description
A stunning new package and branding for the incomparable, multi-award-winning, and Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan. The Weight of Water was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2013 and was the winner of the Eilís Dillon Award for a first children’s book.
About the Author
Sarah Crossan grew up in Dublin and London. Her books for children and teenagers have won many prizes including the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, the CBI Book of the Year, the YA Book Prize, and the CLiPPA Poetry Award.
Her first novel for adults, Here Is The Beehive, was published in 2020 to critical acclaim, and was shortlisted for Popular Fiction Book of the Year in the AN Post Irish Book Awards
Sarah’s novels have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She currently lives and works in East Sussex.
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