Apple and Rain
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
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Apple and Rain
Narrated by:
Sarah Crossan
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Narrated by:
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Sarah Crossan
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Sarah Crossan
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'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
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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.
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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.©2014 Sarah Crossan (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Critic reviews
This poignant, realistic tale is about learning to love and taking responsibility, and how poems can tell the truth …
A story of the redeeming power of love. It's beautifully written and it made me cry but it also made me laugh
Poignant, powerful, just perfect
Succinct, with a gentle lyricism, the poems are telling about immigration, prejudice, self-delusion, families and first love, on the way to a life-changing conclusion
Exquistely and touchingly written
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