| The Weight of Water Contributor(s): Crossan, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1681199548 ISBN-13: 9781681199542 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Polish - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 159789 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A poetic, gifty offering that combines first love, friendship, and persistent courage in this lyrical immigration story told in verse. Carrying just a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother are immigrating to England from Poland. Kasienka isn't the happiest girl in the world. At home, her mother is suffering from a broken heart as she searches for Kasienka's father. And at school, Kasienka is having trouble being the new girl and making friends. The only time she feels comforted is when she's swimming at the pool. But she can't quite shake the feeling that she's sinking. Until a new boy swims into her life, and she learns that there might be more than one way to stay afloat. The Weight of Water is a coming-of-age story that deftly handles issues of immigration, alienation, and first love. Moving and poetically rendered, this novel-in-verse is the story of a young girl whose determination to find out who she is prevails. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crossan, Sarah: - Sarah Crossan is originally from Dublin. 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 taught English at a small private school near New York until she became a full time writer. She completed her Masters in creative writing at the University of Warwick in 2003 and in 2010 received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing. Sarah lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and their daughter. |