Title The weight of water / Sarah Crossan

Edition First U.S. edition Published New York : Bloomsbury, 2013 New York Bloomsbury, 2013

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Description 211 pages ; 21 cm Summary 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 Notes Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012 Finalist: 2013 Carnegie Medal, for outstanding book for children or young adults Subject Alienation (Social psychology) -- Juvenile fiction. Immigrants -- England -- Fiction. Immigrants -- England -- Juvenile fiction. Immigrants -- England -- Coventry -- Juvenile fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction. Race relations -- Fiction. Immigrants -- England -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. Novels in verse. Race relations -- Fiction. Swimming -- Juvenile fiction. Swimming -- Fiction. SUBJECT Coventry (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81071238 -- Ethnic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Coventry (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81071238 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Novels in verse. Fiction. LC no. 2012038645 ISBN 1599909677 (hardcover) 9781599909677 (ebook) (ebook)

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