Apple and Rain

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What to expect

Bloomsbury presents Apple and Rain written and read by Sarah Crossan.

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'This poignant, realistic tale is about learning to love and taking responsibility, and how poems can tell the truth' – Sunday Times Book of the Week
'A story of the redeeming power of love. It's beautifully written and it made me cry but it also made me laugh' – The Bookbag
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL

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 bittersweet. It's only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is that she begins to see things as they really are.

This beautiful novel from multi-award-winning author Sarah Crossan explores family, friendship and reconciliation. It is a story about how messy, complicated and surprising love can be.
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Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation...
Don't miss Sarah Crossan's other irresistibly page-turning books Moonrise, One, Toffee, and The Weight of Water.

Critics Review

This poignant, realistic tale is about learning to love and taking responsibility, and how poems can tell the truth …
Sunday Times Book of the Week
A story of the redeeming power of love. It's beautifully written and it made me cry but it also made me laugh
The Bookbag
Poignant, powerful, just perfect
Cathy Cassidy on THE WEIGHT OF WATER
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
The Sunday Times - Children's Books of the Week on THE WEIGHT OF WATER
Exquistely and touchingly written
Irish Times on THE WEIGHT OF WATER

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