The Weight of Water
by Sarah Crossan
Taste attributes: teendramasimplelinearglossyenclosedfish out of water/culture clashcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeSmall-scale and uncomplicated: a book that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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2.0 / 5
2 ratings
About This Book
Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool, which is her only refuge from an alien society.
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- Author
- Sarah Crossan
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 234
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- Open Library
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