The Weight Of Water

Author: Sarah Crossan

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Price : 22.00 NZD
ISBN : 9781408823002
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Weight (g) : 0.225889
Publication date : 01 November 2011
Dimensions : 178mm X 111mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 21.99
Availability date : 01 January 2012
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Author : Sarah Crossan
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 823.92
Reading Level : From 10
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Pages : 240
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9781408823002

Description

First love, friendship and quiet courage combine in this spare and beautiful story that will leave you sad, happy and wanting more from this fantastic new voice in children's fiction

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Written in a unique and special voice akin to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Accessible as Jaqueline Wilson, lyrical as Sharon Creech, Sarah Crossan approaches themes of bullying and the young immigrant experience deftly and subtly A very exciting and remarkable debut novel and an author we very much want to build

Awards

The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist for 2013

Reviews

'Poignant, powerful, just perfect' Cathy Cassidy

Author description

Sarah Crossan is Irish. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at Cambridge University and has been working to promote creative writing in schools since. She teaches English at a small private school near New York. She completed her Masters in creative writing at the University of Warwick in 2003 and in 2010 received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing.

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