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Toffee Sarah Crossan Als Allison wegloopt van haar gewelddadige vader kan ze nergens naartoe. Wat ze aanziet voor een leegstaand pand, blijkt het huis van de dementerende Marla te zijn. Marla denkt in Allison haar jeugdvriendin Toffee te herkennen en Allison doet wat ze altijd doet: ze past zich aan. En dus is ze Toffee voor Marla. Er ontstaat een bijzondere band tussen de twee vrouwen en ­Allison komt erachter wie ze nou eigenlijk écht is....

Tippi and Grace share everythingclothes, friends... even their body. Writing in free verse, Sarah Crossan tells the sensitive and moving story of conjoined twin sisters, which will find fans in readers of Gayle Forman, Jodi Picoult, and Jandy Nelson. Tippi and Grace.

Allison runs away from a troubled home life and takes up in an elderly woman's shed, mistaken by the woman (who is far gone with dementia) for her old friend Toffee, and inhabiting this identity - for better or worse - in order to survive. Set for wide crossover appeal.

The astonishing new novel from the incomparable, multi-award-winning, and Laureate na nOg, Sarah Crossan. I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn't who she thinks she is.I am a girl trying to forget. She is a woman trying to remember. Allison is in danger at home. Her stepmother has run away and her father is getting worse. So she runs away too and with no where to live finds herself hiding out, miles from home, in an elderly woman's shed. But ...

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New package branding for the children's books of Sarah Crossan. "The Weight Of Water" won the Ellis Dillon Award for first children's book.

From Carnegie Award-winning author Sarah Crossan comes a poignant and thought-provoking novel that explores life, sibling bonds, and forgiveness as a teen tries to reconnect with his brother on death row for a crime he may not have committed.Seventeen-year-old Joe hasn't seen his brother in ten years. Ed didn't walk out on the family, not exactly. It's something more brutal.Ed's locked up -- on death row. Now his execution date has been set, a...

Now available in a gorgeous new package, this exquisite novel explores the bond between daughters and mothers, forgiveness, and the healing power of words. All the time Mum was away, Eleven long years, I saved up my hopes Like little pennies in a jar. Apple's mother disappeared years ago, leaving Apple with her nana and a lot of unanswered questions. But when she unexpectedly explodes back into Apple's life like a comet, homecoming is bi...

Die Schwestern Tippi und Grace sind wie andere Teenager - sie streiten sich, verlieben sich in Jungs, gehen ihren Hobbies nach ... Doch das Besondere an ihnen ist: Sie sind sich mehr verbunden als andere Schwestern - sie sind an der Hüfte zusammengewachsen. Aus der Ich-Perspektive erfahren wir, wie es ist, wenn man nie allein ist und vor eine Wahl gestellt wird, die über Leben und Tod entscheidet. Sarah Crossan, mit Die Sprache des Wassers fü...

When her imagined perfect life with her estranged mother begins to unravel, fourteen-year-old Apple finds comfort in reading and writing poetry.

>>Eine Geschichte, die man NIEMALS vergessen wird Jess und Nicu lernen sich beim Mu¿llaufsammeln im Park kennen. Auf den ersten Blick ein ungleiches Paar, entwickelt sich ihre Freundschaft bald zu einer zarten Liebe. Als die Situation bei Jess zuhause immer schlimmer wird und auch Nicus Zukunft in England bedroht ist, laufen sie davon. Doch dann trifft Nicu eine folgenschwere Entscheidung <<

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...

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Costa Award winning author of "One, Apple & Rain" and "The Weight Of Water". Written entirely in verse, it's the story of Joe, who travels to Texas to try and prevent the execution of his brother Ed. Ages: 12+

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An astonishing new novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author: thought-provoking and poignant, it explores life, death, love and forgiveness. Joe hasn't seen his brother for 10 years, and it's for the most brutal reason: Ed is on death row. But now an execution date has been set, and Joe is determined to spend these last few weeks with him, no matter what people think. Ages: 12+

Two of the most important voices in YA come together to break your heart - We Come Apart is a contemporary Romeo and Juliet, a story of two teenagers brought together by circumstance, ripped apart by fate ...

With little money or support, 17-yer-old Joe Moon travels to Texas to help the older brother he barely knows through his last few weeks before being executed for murder. Carnegie Medalist Crossan ("One") pens a poignant novel about one of the most divisive issues of our time.

Grace e Tippi sono gemelle, gemelle siamesi, e la loro vita sta per cambiare. Dopo aver ricevuto per anni l'istruzione scolastica a casa, dovranno avventurarsi nel mondo là fuori, un mondo fatto di sguardi, mormorii e commenti. Troveranno qualcosa di più, a scuola? Potranno trovare veri amici? E l'amore? Quello che né Grace né Tippi possono sapere è che le aspetta qualcosa di ben più grande e grave del compatimento e dello scherno dei compagni...

Apple ha tredici anni e vive in Inghilterra con la nonna da quando ne aveva due, perché la madre, giovanissima, se n'è andata in America a cercare fortuna come attrice. Apple vuole bene alla nonna, ma soffre la rigidità delle sue regole e il peso delle sue ansie. L'unica amica che ha la trascura e il ragazzo di cui è innamorata non la degna di uno sguardo. Il solo momento positivo nelle sue giornate sono le ore di inglese, in cui il professor ...