The weight of water

Title
The weight of water

Personal Author EPSB
Sarah. Crossan

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.

Year Published
2013
 
2012-2013

Physical Description
211 p. ; 21 cm.

Note
Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012.

Subject
Novels in verse.
 
Immigrants -- England -- Fiction.
 
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
 
Swimming -- Fiction.
 
Race relations -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Coventry (England) -- Fiction.
 
England -- Fiction.

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.

ISBN
9781599909677
 
9780545695039

Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC CROBook30522000331824Realistic Fiction