Ever since I read Vikram Seth’s ‘Golden Gate ’ and Ellen Hopkins’s ‘Crank’ I have enjoyed
reading novels in verse. Part of my YA novel, ‘Cut Off’ was written in blank
verse .This poetic medium is ideal for the expressing Kasienka’s emotional turmoil.
Sarah says ‘each word in a poem holds so much power.’
The book is beautifully packaged with a
striking cover designed by Oliver Jeffers and has a quote from Cathy Cassidy on
the cover which is guaranteed to draw the eye of the early teen reader for whom
this novel would be perfect.
It
tells the story of Kasienka and her mother who leave their home in Poland and head for England
There are a lot of feelings packed into the
taut verse. Kasienka has to settle in a new school and find her place amongst
the mean girls and their petty unwritten rules. She finds herself falling for
William. She has deal with her conflicted feelings about her father and his new
life in Coventry
At
the pool’s edge I might be ugly,
But
when I speak strokes
I am
beautiful.
Despite
its title I found that it did skim the surface of some characters and
situations which was a little frustrating but there is so much to admire in
this debut novel. It has already been short listed for The CILIP Carnegie Medal
and The CLPE Poetry Award.
The Weight of Water is published by Bloomsbury
ISBN 978-1-4088-3023-9
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