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The weight of water / Sarah Crossan.

Crossan, Sarah, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781599909677 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: 211 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Citation/References Note:
Junior Library Guild
Target Audience Note:
11-14.
6-9.
N.L. Lexile.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject: Alienation (Social psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > England > Coventry > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction
Novels in verse
Swimming > Juvenile fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology) > Fiction
Immigrants > England > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction
Novels in verse
Swimming > Fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology) > Fiction
Mother-daughter relationship > Fiction.
Coventry (England) > Ethnic relations > Juvenile fiction.
England > Juvenile fiction
Coventry (England) > Ethnic relations > Fiction.
England > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library CROSSAN (Sarah) (Text) 37814002747567 JUV FICTION Available -
Hood River Valley High School Library FIC CRO (Text) 33892005448403 Fiction Available -


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