New Releases by Sarah Crossan

“I hold my breath while reading Sarah Crossan’s books. Every word is filled with so much love, the book is practically throbbing. A beautiful, perfect, moving read.” —Cecelia Ahern, bestselling author of P. S. I Love You In 1847, everything in Ireland was falling apart—but sixteen-year-old Nell was falling in love. Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan’s first historical novel-in-verse is a suspenseful and heartbreaking story of love, family, and the forces that can destroy us or bind us forever. For fans of Joy McCullough, Elizabeth Acevedo, Malinda Lo, and Ruta Sepetys. Ireland is starving, and a poor Irish scullery maid falls in love with the British heir to the land. Can their romance stay hidden during the devastating famine? The potatoes are black, people are dying, and in the midst of it all, Nell must do everything she can to keep her family together and everyone she loves alive. It is hard to tell a love story and also the story of a people being torn apart.

In this “brilliant . . . and darkly funny” (Sarah Dunn) novel, Dolores O''Shea’s marriage collapsed when she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll in the garage—but after moving “Zoey” into the house, they become oddly bonded, opening the door to a lifetime of repressed feelings and memories. 43-year-old Dolores O''Shea is logical, organized, and prepared to handle whatever comes her way. She keeps up with her job and housework, takes care of her mentally declining mother, and remains close with her old friends and her younger sister who''s moved to New York. Though her marriage with David, an anesthesiologist, isn''t what is used to be, nothing can quite prepare her for Zoey, the $8,000 AI sex doll that David has secretly purchased and stuffed away in the garage. At first, Zoey sparks an uncharacteristically strong violence in Dolores, whose entire life is suddenly cast in doubt. But then, Dolores and Zoey start to talk...and what surfaces runs deeper than Dolores could have ever expected, with consequences for all of the relationships in her life, especially her relationship to herself. Provocative, brilliant, and tender, Hey, Zoey is an electrifying new novel about the painful truths of modern-day connection and the complicated and unexpected forms that love can take in a lifetime.

Quand pique ton coeur... Ana Kelly est habituée à la mort. En tant qu’avocate spécialisée dans le droit de succession, elle est souvent contactée par les proches de ses clients pour l''informer du décès de l’un d’eux. Mais rien n’avait préparé Ana à l’appel de Rebecca Taylor qui lui annonce la mort de son mari Connor dans un accident. Cela fait trois ans qu’Ana et Connor avaient une liaison – se retrouvant dans des chambres d’hôtel, partant pour des week-ends en amoureux à la campagne et effaçant hâtivement des sms à peine envoyés. Ils cachaient bien leur amour, et personne n’était au courant. Seule et désemparée, Ana recherche l’amitié de celle qu’elle considérait jusqu’alors comme sa rivale, mais qui, maintenant, est la seule à comprendre sa douleur : Rebecca. Tandis qu’Ana se rapproche de la veuve de son amant, elle est obligée de reconnaître de douloureuses vérités sur leur liaison – et sur la volatilité de l’amour et du désir. Traduit de l''anglais (Irlande) par Pierre Demarty

Ein Anruf verändert alles – Sarah Crossan zeigt in diesem atemlosen Roman in Versform, der durch den hämmernden Rhythmus seiner Sprache eine besondere Dringlichkeit erhält, die Fallstricke menschlichen Miteinanders. Was passiert, wenn der heimliche Geliebte stirbt und man keinem zeigen darf, wie sehr man trauert? Wenn es keinen Ort gibt und keinen Menschen, der um die Qualen wissen darf? Sarah Crossan ist mit diesem Roman ein grandioses Kunststück gelungen: Sie zeigt die Leiden einer getriebenen Frau in schnellen Beats. Ana ist Anwältin, Mutter zweier Kinder und Ehefrau von Paul. Offiziell. Insgeheim gibt es da noch Connor, Anas Klienten und heimlichen Geliebten. Doch Ana erhofft sich mehr von der Affäre als verstohlene Treffen im Hotel. Als Connor unerwartet stirbt, erfährt sie das ausgerechnet von der Person, die zwischen ihnen stand – seiner Frau Rebecca. Ana soll das Testament vollstrecken. Allein gelassen mit ihrer Trauer, sucht sie die Nähe zu Rebecca. Doch während sich der Wunsch nach einer Leidensgenossin schleichend zu einer Besessenheit steigert, vernachlässigt Ana ihre eigene Familie und wandelt dabei ständig am seelischen Abgrund. War Rebecca wirklich so unerträglich, wie Connor immer behauptet hat? Und hatte er überhaupt vor, sie irgendwann zu verlassen? Ana weiß nicht, wie und ob es ihr gelingen kann, Connor und sich selbst zu verzeihen. »Ein mutiges, modernes, zutiefst unterhaltsames und bisweilen leicht subversives Werk« The Guardian

Book Band: White (Ideal for ages 6+) A delightfully funny story, ideal for children practising reading at home or in school. It''s time for Fizzy to go to bed, but next door, Mrs Crumbleboom and her band are having a party. Fizzy is desperate to join in the fun. Will Mum let her stay up just a little bit longer? This family comedy from Ireland''s Children''s Laureate Sarah Crossan, starring the characters from Fizzy and Bandit, is perfect for Key Stage 1 (KS1) children who are learning to read by themselves. It features illustrations from Nicola Colton, creator of the Jasper and Scruff books, and a feisty heroine children will love. _______________ Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. The series is ideal for both home and school, with gorgeous colour illustrations, tips for parents, and fun activity ideas. Online guided reading and teaching notes, written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), are available at bloomsburyreaders.com. ''Every child needs a Bloomsbury Young Reader. Fun, stretching, just the right length, full of adventurous vocabulary and punctuation.'' - Julie-Ann McCulloch, Teacher

Ana, getrouwd, twee kinderen en notaris, heeft al drie jaar een geheime relatie met Connor als zijn vrouw belt om te zeggen dat hij verongelukt is en of zij het testament wil uitvoeren.

A brilliantly original debut about a love affair cut short, and how lonely it is to live inside a secret -- for fans of Sally Rooney, Sheila Heti, and Ottessa Moshfegh. Ana Kelly can deal with death. As an estate lawyer, an unfortunate part of her day-to-day is phone calls from the next of kin informing her that one of her clients has died. But nothing could have prepared Ana for the call from Rebecca Taylor, explaining in a strangely calm tone that her husband Connor was killed in an accident. Ana had been having an affair with Connor for three years, keeping their love secret in hotel rooms, weekends away, and swiftly deleted text messages. Though consuming, they hide their love well, and nobody knows of their relationship except Mark, Connor''s best friend. Alone and undone, Ana seeks friendship with the person who she once thought of as her adversary and opposite, but who is now the only one who shares her pain -- Rebecca. As Ana becomes closer to her lover''s widow, she is forced to reconcile painful truths about the affair, and the fickleness of love and desire. Funny, frank, and strange, Sarah Crossan''s moving novel is wholly original and deeply resonant.

I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn''t who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget. She is a woman trying to remember. Allison has run away from home and with nowhere to live finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an abandoned house. But the house isn''t empty. An elderly woman named Marla, with dementia, lives there – and she mistakes Allison for an old friend from her past named Toffee. Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. After all, it means she has a place to stay. There are worse places she could be. But as their bond grows, and Allison discovers how much Marla needs a real friend, she begins to ask herself - where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who is she, really?

Book Band: White (Ideal for ages 6+) A fun, heartwarming and humorous story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school. Fizzy wants a dog. Not just any dog though – a golden dog with a black nose and very curly hair. So when a dog called Bandit who looks just like this appears in her neighbour''s garden, Fizzy will stop at nothing to keep him – even if it means hiding poor Bandit in the laundry basket... This delightful comedy from Ireland''s Children''s Laureate Sarah Crossan is perfect for children who are learning to read by themselves and for Key Stage 1. It features illustrations from Nicola Colton and a feisty heroine children will love. _______________ Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. The series is ideal for both home and school, with gorgeous colour illustrations, tips for parents, and fun activity ideas. Online guided reading and teaching notes, written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), are available at bloomsburyreaders.com. ''Every child needs a Bloomsbury Young Reader. Fun, stretching, just the right length, full of adventurous vocabulary and punctuation.'' - Julie-Ann McCulloch, Teacher

Grace e Tippi são gêmeas siamesas. Vivendo literalmente grudadas, estão acostumadas a dividir tudo – a cama, as roupas, parte do corpo, sessões de terapia, o amor e os cuidados da família. Sempre receberam educação em casa, só que agora, aos 16 anos, terão de frequentar uma escola de verdade, para alunos "normais". Em meio à experiência radical do convívio na escola, da busca por amizades verdadeiras, do preconceito sofrido e da primeira paixão, elas terão de tomar a decisão mais difícil de suas vidas. Uma decisão que mudará tudo para sempre – mais até do que elas desejariam....

Escrita en verso libre, Sarah Crossan cuenta la conmovedora historia de unas hermanas gemelas muy unidas. Una historia acerca de los vínculos inquebrantables, la esperanza, la pérdida y el amor. Tippi y Grace. Grace y Tippi. Para ellas, es normal llevar la misma falda. Cada una de estas dos chicas de dieciséis años tiene su propia cabeza, su propio corazón y dos brazos, pero en el vientre se unen. Y viven felices, sin querer arriesgarse a la peligrosa cirugía de separación. Pero el cuerpo de las chicas parece tener vida propia y marca sus propios tempos. Y Grace no quiere admitirlo. Tampoco Tippi. ¿Durante cuánto tiempo más podrán esconder la verdad? ¿Cómo poder enfrentarse a la elección más difícil de sus vidas? Una preciosa y delicada historia sobre lo que nos hace humanas. La crítica ha dicho... «Es un libro precioso, una novela que todo joven debería leer.» Obsesión por la lectura

From Carnegie Award-winning author Sarah Crossan comes a poignant and thought-provoking novel that explores life, sibling bonds, and forgiveness as a teen tries to reconnect with his brother on death row for a crime he may not have committed. Seventeen-year-old Joe hasn''t seen his brother in ten years. Ed didn''t walk out on the family, not exactly. It''s something more brutal. Ed''s locked up -- on death row. Now his execution date has been set, and the clock is ticking. Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with his brother, no matter what other people think ... and no matter whether Ed committed the crime. But did he? And does it matter, in the end? This poignant, timely, heartbreaking novel asks big questions: What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye? Acclaim for Sarah Crossan 2016 Carnegie Award winner, One Shortlisted for the 2016 FCBG Book Award, Apple and Rain Shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Award, Apple and Rain Shortlisted for the 2013 Carnegie Award, The Weight of Water

In this four-color illustrated journey that is part travelogue and part theological investigation, bestselling author and acclaimed Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan and his wife Sarah painstakingly travel throughout the ancient Eastern church, documenting through text and image a completely different model for understanding Easter’s resurrection story, one that provides promise and hope for us today. Traveling the world, the Crossans noticed a surprising difference in how the Eastern Church considers Jesus’ resurrection—an event not described in the Bible. At Saint Barbara’s Church in Cairo, they found a painting in which the risen Jesus grasps the hands of other figures around him. Unlike the Western image of a solitary Jesus rising from an empty tomb that he viewed across Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the Crossans saw images of the resurrection depicting a Jesus grasping the hands of figures around him, or lifting Adam and Eve to heaven from Hades or hell, or carrying the old and sick to the afterlife. They discovered that the standard image for the Resurrection in Eastern Christianity is communal and collective, something unique from the solitary depiction of the resurrection in Western Christianity. Fifteen years in the making, Resurrecting Easter reflects on this divide in how the Western and Eastern churches depict the resurrection and its implications. The Crossans argue that the West has gutted the heart of Christianity’s understanding of the resurrection by rejecting that once-common communal iconography in favor of an individualistic vision. As they examine the ubiquitous Eastern imagery of Jesus freeing Eve from Hades while ascending to heaven, the Crossans suggest that this iconography raises profound questions about Christian morality and forgiveness. A fundamentally different way of understand the story of Jesus’ rebirth illustrated with 130 images, Resurrecting Easter introduces an inclusive, traditional community-based ideal that offers renewed hope and possibilities for our fractured modern society.

Joe (17) heeft zijn oudere broer Ed al tien jaar niet gezien. Als blijkt dat Ed in de gevangenis zit, en binnenkort de doodstraf zal krijgen, besluit Joe naar Texas af te reizen om hem te zien. Verhaal in poëtische korte zinnen. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

A poetic, gifty offering that combines first love, friendship, and persistant courage in this lyrical immigration story told in verse. Award-winning authors Brian Conaghan and Sarah Crossan tell a thought-provoking dual-narrated tale about two troubled teens, one immigrating to a new home and the other facing domestic violence, whose paths cross in the unlikeliest of places. Nicu has emigrated from Romania and is struggling to find his place in his new home. Meanwhile, Jess''s home life is overshadowed by violence. When Nicu and Jess meet, what starts out as friendship slowly blossoms into romance as the two bond over their painful pasts and their hope and dreams of a better future. But will they be able to save each other, let alone themselves? This illuminating story told in dual points of view through vibrant verse will stay with readers long after they''ve finished. Winner of the 2018 UKLA Book Award Acclaim for Brian Conaghan Shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Award, When Mr. Dog Bites Shortlisted for the CBI Book of the Year Award, When Mr. Dog Bites Acclaim for Sarah Crossan Winner of the 2016 Carnegie Award, One Winner of the 2016 Bookseller''s prize for YA fiction, One Winner of the 2016 CBI Book of the Year, One Shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Award, Apple and Rain Shortlisted for the 2013 Carnegie Award, The Weight of Water

Dans un monde privé d''air, la vie ne tient plus qu''à un souffle. Alina, Quinn et Bea sont prêts à se battre pour gagner le droit de respirer librement... Les arbres ont été éliminés de la terre et l''oxygène s''est raréfié, provoquant des millions de morts... Les survivants ont été rassemblés sous le Dôme, sorte de bulle protectrice où un nouvel ordre s''est constitué autour d''un Etat totalitaire et d''une société, Respirer Inc. qui contrôle l''air que les habitants respirent. Tout en haut de l''échelle sociale, se trouvent les Premiums. Riches et en bonne santé, ils méprisent les Auxiliaires, trop pauvres pour payer un impôt sur l''oxygène et donc contraints de survivre avec le peu d''air qu''ils respirent... Alina, 16 ans, qui a rejoint la Résistance, a échoué dans sa mission à l''intérieur du Dôme. Elle est en danger et doit fuir, à l''extérieur. Elle rencontre alors Quinn, un jeune Premium et sa meilleure amie Bea, une auxiliaire, partis camper hors du Dôme, et leur demande de l''aide...

"Two sisters come of age in this thoughtfully crafted, well-researched verse novel of emerging selfhood . . . Not to be overlooked." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Winner of the Carnegie Medal Winner of the YA Book Prize Winner of the Children''s Books Ireland Book of the Year Award Tippi and Grace share everything—clothes, friends . . . even their body. Writing in free verse, Sarah Crossan tells the sensitive and moving story of conjoined twin sisters, which will find fans in readers of Gayle Forman, Jodi Picoult, and Jandy Nelson. Tippi and Grace. Grace and Tippi. For them, it''s normal to step into the same skirt. To hook their arms around each other for balance. To fall asleep listening to the other breathing. To share. And to keep some things private. Each of the sixteen-year-old girls has her own head, heart, and two arms, but at the belly, they join. And they are happy, never wanting to risk the dangerous separation surgery. But the girls'' body is beginning to fight against them. And Grace doesn''t want to admit it. Not even to Tippi. How long can they hide from the truth—how long before they must face the most impossible choice of their lives? Carnegie Medal–winning author Sarah Crossan gives us a story about unbreakable bonds, hope, loss, and the lengths we will go to for the person we love most. "Readers will be taken on an emotional roller coaster throughout this book; feelings range from contentment and joy to desolation and anxiety . . . An homage to the love between sisters that readers will remember for a long time." — School Library Journal

When Apple''s mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple feels almost whole again. In order to heal completely, her mother will have to answer one burning question: Why did she abandon her? But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother''s homecoming is bittersweet. It''s only when Apple meets her younger sister, Rain-someone more lost than she is- that she begins to see things for how they really are, allowing Apple to discover something that might help her to feel truly whole again. From the author of the acclaimed The Weight of Water comes a beautifully-crafted, moving novel about family, betrayal, and the ultimate path to healing.

_______________ ''Mad Max for the eco-generation, it''s a superlative dystopian thriller'' – Lovereading4kids _______________ From Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan comes the sequel to the brilliant and compelling Breathe. Resistance to the Pod Leadership has come apart. The Grove has been destroyed but so has the Pod Minister. Quinn, Bea and Alina separately must embark on a perilous journey across the planet''s dead landscape in search of the rumoured resistance base Sequoia. The welcome they receive at Sequoia is not what they expect, and soon they are facing a situation that seems as threatening as that of the Pod inhabitants. Meanwhile the former Pod Minister''s son, Ronan, is beginning to have his doubts about the regime but as a member of an elite force he is sent out of the pod to hunt down the Grove''s survivors. In a world in which the human race is adapting to survive with little air, the stakes are high. This action-packed sequel to Breathe is every bit as nail-biting and satisfying as its predecessor - visionary storytelling of the highest quality.

_______________ ''Mad Max for the eco-generation, it''s a superlative dystopian thriller'' - Lovereading4kids _______________ From Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan comes the sequel to the brilliant and compelling Breathe. Resistance to the Pod Leadership has come apart. The Grove has been destroyed but so has the Pod Minister. Quinn, Bea and Alina separately must embark on a perilous journey across the planet''s dead landscape in search of the rumoured resistance base Sequoia. The welcome they receive at Sequoia is not what they expect, and soon they are facing a situation that seems as threatening as that of the Pod inhabitants. Meanwhile the former Pod Minister''s son, Ronan, is beginning to have his doubts about the regime but as a member of an elite force he is sent out of the pod to hunt down the Grove''s survivors. In a world in which the human race is adapting to survive with little air, the stakes are high. This action-packed sequel to Breathe is every bit as nail-biting and satisfying as its predecessor - visionary storytelling of the highest quality.

First memory. First kiss. First love. First fight. First heartbreak. There''s a first time for everything. Discover five first-time authors with sneak peeks of their debut novels—Don''t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon, Breathe by Sarah Crossan, What''s Left of Me by Kat Zhang, Through to You by Emily Hainsworth, and Defiance by C. J. Redwine.