Books
by Sarah Crossan
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This teenage novel does not sound promising - its subject conjoined twins; style, blank verse. However it is an absorbing, lively and sympathetic read that draws the reader in. Grace, the narrator, comes over as a very real teenager, and her sister, Tippi, so different in character is just as alive. But they live permanently attached to each other. By using verse, - spare, concise, - as the medium, Crossan avoids sentimentality. Highly recommended.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 78 Autumn 2015) |
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The Weight of Water |
This is a "verse novel" that sensitively charts the experience of a Polish teenager arriving in this country to face a new life as her old life crumbles. This is not a showy novel that shouts at the reader, rather it is quietly compelling. This type of novel can seem a bit of a "fad", but in this instance it works and Kasienka's voice is completely convincing.
Carnegie shortlist 2013
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 68 Spring 2013) |
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Tomorrow is Beautiful: Poems to comfort, uplift and delight |
Poetry has been making a come-back in recent years with the rise of the verse novel. There have also been some brilliant anthologies and this is one - the most recent. Sarah Crossan is a poet and novelist. Here she has collected a wide ranging selection of poems that reflect a sense of hope - there are poets from the past and many from the present. A volume full of glorious surprises.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 102 Autumn 2021) |
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