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The Weight of Water

By: Sarah Crossan
Narrated by: Susie Riddell
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Carrying just a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother are immigrating to England from Poland. Kasienka isn't the happiest girl in the world. At home, her mother is suffering from a broken heart as she searches for Kasienka's father. And at school, Kasienka is having trouble being the new girl and making friends.

The only time she feels comforted is when she's swimming at the pool. But she can't quite shake the feeling that she's sinking. Until a new boy swims into her life, and she learns that there might be more than one way to stay afloat.

The Weight of Water is a coming-of-age story that deftly handles issues of immigration, alienation, and first love. Moving and poetically rendered, this novel-in-verse is the story of a young girl whose determination to find out who she is prevails.

©2012 Sarah Crossan (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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A Good Junior Cycle Novel to teach

Who can this teach?

This novel can teach Junior Cycle Students as they go forward with the English Syllabus.

What will this Novel Teach?

This novel will teach empathy, understanding and an understanding of Novel formatting.

Where can this Novel be thought?

This novel can be thought in many types of school eg DEIS, Lorretto etc. May be weird to teach in a CBS.

When will the teaching come in useful?

It will come in useful for the Junior Cycle/ Cert Exams but also when educating students about how they should treat one another with respect.

Why will it come in useful?

It will come in useful in life as the students learn about different cultures and peoples backgrounds and how it is important to be kind to one another.

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it's ok

very weird, I hated a lot of it because some of the description is pretty gross but overall, okay

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