New Releases by Sarah Crossan

Kasienka vient d’arriver en Angleterre avec sa mère. Elle qui n’a jamais connu que la Pologne fait sa rentrée dans un pays qui n’est pas le sien, avec des gens qu’elle ne connaît pas, dans une langue qu’elle maîtrise mal. Et le soir venu, de quartier en quartier, elle cherche son père, qui a quitté le domicile familial sans laisser d’adresse. Bref, ce pays est gris, humide, et parfois assez inhospitalier. Heureusement, il y a la piscine, il y a l’eau. Et dans l’équipe de natation, il y a William...

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

Un relato precioso y esperanzador sobre la soledad de una chica de trece años. Una historia sobre el poder redentor del amor. Una historia llena de emociones, que te hará reír y llorar. Cuando la madre de Apple regresa después de once años de ausencia, Apple se siente feliz de nuevo, y por fin puede tener respuesta a la pregunta que la ha acompañado durante tanto tiempo: ¿por qué te fuiste? Ahora tendrá a alguien que entiende de verdad qué significa ser adolescente, a diferencia de Nana, quien parece no comprenderla. Pero del mismo modo que la noche en la que su madre la abandonó, el regreso a casa de esta se acaba convirtiendo en algo agridulce, y Apple se preguntará de nuevo quién está realmente cuidando de quién. Apple se encuentra con alguien más perdido que ella y empieza a comprender cómo son las cosas en realidad. Ganadora del YA Prize y del CBI Book of the Year Award Finalista de la Carnegie Medal Finalista del Irish Book Award Seleccionada para The Guardian Children''s Prize «Una novela conmovedora y realista que te enseña a aprender a amar y a asumir responsabilidades, y que nos recuerda cómo los poemas siempre dicen la verdad.» Sunday Times, Pick of the Week ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A beautiful and hopeful story about the loneliness of a thirteen-year-old girl.A story about the redemptive power of love.A story full of emotions that will make you laugh and cry. When Apple''s mother returns after 11 years of absence, Apple feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question - why did you go? And she will have someone who understands what it means to be a teenager - unlike Nana. But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother''s homecoming is bitter sweet, and Apple wonders who is really looking after whom. It''s only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is, that she begins to see things as they really are. Like a brilliant hybrid of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson, Sarah Crossan entices you into her world, then tells a moving, perceptive, and beautifully crafted story which has the power to make you laugh and cry.

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

Grace et Tippi. Tippi et Grace. Deux sœurs siamoises, deux ados inséparables, entrent au lycée pour la première fois. Comme toujours, elles se soutiennent face à l’intolérance, la peur, la pitié. Et, envers et contre tout, elles vivent ! Mais lorsque Grace tombe amoureuse, son monde vacille. Pourra-t-elle jamais avoir une vie qui n’appartienne qu’à elle ?

Sextonåriga Grace och Tippy är sammanvuxna tvillingar, förenade vid höften. De delar bokstavligt talat allt. De är två individer med egna känslor, rädslor och hemligheter, men ändå en. När familjen inte längre har råd med privatundervisning måste tvillingarna för första gången börja i en vanlig skola. Hierarkierna är stenhårda och korridorerna fyllda av nyfikna blickar, elaka viskningar och rykten. Men för första gången kan de skaffa riktiga vänner, och kanske till och med snudda vid något som tidigare varit otänkbart - den stora kärleken. Men så tvingas Grace erkänna att hon inte mår bra och plötsligt står tvillingarna inför ett omöjligt val. Vi är en är en berättelse om identitet och systerskap, framförd i en unik berättarstil som gjort Sarah Crossan uppmärksammad världen över.

Drei Jahre alt war Apple, als ihre Mum sie in einer stürmischen Nacht bei der Großmutter zurückließ. Seitdem hat Apple nichts von ihr gehört. Elf Jahre später taucht Mum plötzlich wieder auf. Mum ist das Gegenteil von Apples strenger, konservativer Nana. Im Glückstaumel zieht Apple bei Nana aus, direkt zu Mum. Womit sie aber nicht gerechnet hat: Sie ist nicht Mums einziges Kind. Dass ihre kleine Halbschwester Rain ebenso wenig von Apple wusste, macht die Sache nicht besser. Und dass Mum Apple als Babysitterin braucht, auch nicht. Apple dämmert, dass sie eine schwierige Wahl getroffen hat. Zum Glück kann sie sich dem Nachbarsjungen Del anvertrauen, der ziemlich gut zuhören kann ...

Apple ha tredici anni e vive in Inghilterra con la nonna da quando ne aveva due, perché la madre, giovanissima, se n’è andata in America a cercare fortuna come attrice. Apple vuole bene alla nonna, ma soffre la rigidità delle sue regole e il peso delle sue ansie. L’unica amica che ha la trascura e il ragazzo di cui è innamorata non la degna di uno sguardo. Il solo momento positivo nelle sue giornate sono le ore di inglese, in cui il professor Gaydon parla di poesia e invita i ragazzi a esplorare con le parole i loro sentimenti: la paura, l’amore, la gioia. Quando la madre torna a casa dopo undici anni, Apple sente colmarsi il vuoto che ha dentro ed è come se fosse di nuovo intera. Ma il ritorno della madre è dolceamaro, come lo era stata la sua fuga quella tempestosa notte d’inverno... La madre è sempre più assente e la gestione delle faccende domestiche e della sorellina ricade interamente su Apple. Finché la situazione non precipita, Rain scappa di casa e Apple è costretta a chiedere aiuto, arrivando così finalmente a capire quali sono le persone davvero speciali intorno a lei.

Grace (ik-figuur) en Tippi zijn een 16-jarige Siamese tweeling die vanaf hun heupen aan elkaar zitten. Als hun gezondheid verslechtert, staan ze voor een moeilijke keuze. Verhaal in poëtische korte zinnen. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

“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

De Poolse Kasienka (bijna 13, ik-figuur) verhuist met haar moeder naar Engeland. Haar moeder stort zich volledig op de zoektocht naar Kasienka''s vader en laat Kasienka aan haar lot over. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.

_______________ ''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 _______________ 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. _______________ 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.

_______________ ''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.

Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to 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, a place that becomes her only refuge in the midst of an alien society.

The action-packed sequel to ''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.

_______________ ''Mad Max for the eco-generation'' - Love Reading 4 Kids ''The all-action plot and the hinted-at romantic triangle will keep the reader''s interest to the end'' - Irish Examiner _______________ When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides which lucky few will live inside the Pod. Everyone else will slowly suffocate. Years after the Switch, life inside the Pod has moved on. A poor Auxiliary class cannot afford the oxygen tax which supplies extra air for running, dancing and sports. The rich Premiums, by contrast, are healthy and strong. Anyone who opposes the regime is labelled a terrorist and ejected from the Pod to die. Sixteen-year-old Alina is part of the secret resistance, but when a mission goes wrong she is forced to escape from the Pod. With only two days of oxygen in her tank, she too faces the terrifying prospect of death by suffocation. Her only hope is to find the mythical Grove, a small enclave of trees protected by a hardcore band of rebels. Does it even exist, and if so, what or who are they protecting the trees from? A dystopian thriller about courage and freedom, with a love story at its heart.

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.

Im Wasser vergisst die 12-jährige Kasienka aus dem polnischen Danzig, dass ihr der Umzug ins englische Coventry die Lebensfreude zu nehmen droht. Allmählich entwickelt sie Selbstbewusstsein, trotzt allen Schikanen und erlebt den 1. Kuss. Ab 12.