Most Popular Books by Sarah Crossan

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

When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides who will live inside the pod. Everyone else will slowly suffocate. Years later, society has divided into Premiums and Auxiliaries. Only Premiums can afford enough oxygen to live a normal life

When her imagined perfect life with her estranged mother begins to unravel, fourteen-year-old Apple finds comfort in reading and writing poetry.

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.

''A beautiful, perfect, moving read'' - Cecelia Ahern, author of PS, I Love You The outstanding novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning, former Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan; thought-provoking and moving, it explores love and family during The Great Hunger. Ireland, 1846. Nell is working as a scullery maid in the kitchen of the Big House. Once she loved school and books and dreaming. But there''s not much choice of work when the land grows food that rots in the earth. Now she is scrubbing, peeling, washing, sweeping for Sir Philip Wicken, the man who owns her home, her family''s land, their crops, everything. His dogs are always well fed, even as famine sets in. Upstairs in the Big House, where Nell is forbidden to enter, is Johnny Browning, newly arrived from England: the young nephew who will one day inherit it all. And as hunger and disease run rampant all around them, a spark of life and hope catches light when Nell and Johnny find each other. This is a love story, and the story of a people being torn apart. This is a powerful and unforgettable novel from the phenomenally talented Sarah Crossan. ''A beautifully written, tightly observed novel'' - The Times ''Unmissable'' - Daily Mail ''Irresistibly emotive'' - The Sunday Times ''Thrums with longing, beauty, loss and strength'' - Katya Balen, author of October, October

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

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.

_______________''Utterly sublime'' - Cecelia Ahern''Impossible not to read it in a single gulp'' - The Times''Undoubtedly one of the best books of the year'' - Irish Times_______________SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDSWINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG YA AWARD_______________I am not who I say I am.Marla isn''t who she thinks she is.I am a girl trying to forget.Marla is a woman trying to remember.When Allison runs away from home, she doesn''t expect to be taken in by Marla, an elderly woman with dementia, who mistakes her for an old friend called Toffee. Allison is used to hiding who she really is and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so Toffee is who she becomes. But as her bond with Marla grows, Allison begins to ask herself: Where is home? What is a family? And, most importantly, Who am I, really?_______________''Compelling and beautifully wrought'' - The Sunday Times''A book that changes its reader for the better'' - Guardian''One of our most original writers'' - John Boyne_______________Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation...Don''t miss Sarah Crossan''s other irresistibly page-turning books Moonrise, One, Apple and Rain, and The Weight of Water.

I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn''t who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget. She is a woman trying to remember. Allison has run away from home and with nowhere to live finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an abandoned house. But the house isn''t empty. An elderly woman named Marla, with dementia, lives there – and she mistakes Allison for an old friend from her past named Toffee. Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. After all, it means she has a place to stay. There are worse places she could be. But as their bond grows, and Allison discovers how much Marla needs a real friend, she begins to ask herself - where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who is she, really?

In this “brilliant . . . and darkly funny” (Sarah Dunn) novel, Dolores O''Shea’s marriage collapsed when she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll in the garage—but after moving “Zoey” into the house, they become oddly bonded, opening the door to a lifetime of repressed feelings and memories. 43-year-old Dolores O''Shea is logical, organized, and prepared to handle whatever comes her way. She keeps up with her job and housework, takes care of her mentally declining mother, and remains close with her old friends and her younger sister who''s moved to New York. Though her marriage with David, an anesthesiologist, isn''t what is used to be, nothing can quite prepare her for Zoey, the $8,000 AI sex doll that David has secretly purchased and stuffed away in the garage. At first, Zoey sparks an uncharacteristically strong violence in Dolores, whose entire life is suddenly cast in doubt. But then, Dolores and Zoey start to talk...and what surfaces runs deeper than Dolores could have ever expected, with consequences for all of the relationships in her life, especially her relationship to herself. Provocative, brilliant, and tender, Hey, Zoey is an electrifying new novel about the painful truths of modern-day connection and the complicated and unexpected forms that love can take in a lifetime.

A brilliantly original debut about a love affair cut short, and how lonely it is to live inside a secret -- for fans of Sally Rooney, Sheila Heti, and Ottessa Moshfegh. Ana Kelly can deal with death. As an estate lawyer, an unfortunate part of her day-to-day is phone calls from the next of kin informing her that one of her clients has died. But nothing could have prepared Ana for the call from Rebecca Taylor, explaining in a strangely calm tone that her husband Connor was killed in an accident. Ana had been having an affair with Connor for three years, keeping their love secret in hotel rooms, weekends away, and swiftly deleted text messages. Though consuming, they hide their love well, and nobody knows of their relationship except Mark, Connor''s best friend. Alone and undone, Ana seeks friendship with the person who she once thought of as her adversary and opposite, but who is now the only one who shares her pain -- Rebecca. As Ana becomes closer to her lover''s widow, she is forced to reconcile painful truths about the affair, and the fickleness of love and desire. Funny, frank, and strange, Sarah Crossan''s moving novel is wholly original and deeply resonant.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes it''s hard to find the right words. This poetry anthology provides the antidote, offering calm, hope and peace to all. Focusing on positivity, this is the perfect collection to dip into whenever you need a boost. Containing a selection of classic and contemporary poems chosen by Sarah Crossan - the go-to verse novelist in the UK - this beautiful book will lift your spirits time and time again. An essential read and the perfect gift for anyone in need of comfort, joy and hope. For fans of The Poetry Pharmacy and Poems to Live Your Life By.

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.

Book Band: White (Ideal for ages 6+) A delightfully funny story, ideal for children practising reading at home or in school. It''s time for Fizzy to go to bed, but next door, Mrs Crumbleboom and her band are having a party. Fizzy is desperate to join in the fun. Will Mum let her stay up just a little bit longer? This family comedy from Ireland''s Children''s Laureate Sarah Crossan, starring the characters from Fizzy and Bandit, is perfect for Key Stage 1 (KS1) children who are learning to read by themselves. It features illustrations from Nicola Colton, creator of the Jasper and Scruff books, and a feisty heroine children will love. _______________ Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. The series is ideal for both home and school, with gorgeous colour illustrations, tips for parents, and fun activity ideas. Online guided reading and teaching notes, written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), are available at bloomsburyreaders.com. ''Every child needs a Bloomsbury Young Reader. Fun, stretching, just the right length, full of adventurous vocabulary and punctuation.'' - Julie-Ann McCulloch, Teacher

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...

Joe Moon a dix-sept ans. Il vient de quitter New York pour aller vivre un temps au Texas. Son frère aîné, Ed, est en prison là-bas. Jugé coupable du meurtre d’un policier, il attend son exécution dans le couloir de la mort. Or, la date approche. Alors Joe veut être là, aider son frère à affronter ces dernières semaines. Car sinon, Ed sera tout seul. Mais voilà qu''un nouvel avocat reprend la défense du condamné... et il a l''air d''y croire. Joe osera-t-il espérer encore ?

Book Band: White (Ideal for ages 6+) A fun, heartwarming and humorous story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school. Fizzy wants a dog. Not just any dog though – a golden dog with a black nose and very curly hair. So when a dog called Bandit who looks just like this appears in her neighbour''s garden, Fizzy will stop at nothing to keep him – even if it means hiding poor Bandit in the laundry basket... This delightful comedy from Ireland''s Children''s Laureate Sarah Crossan is perfect for children who are learning to read by themselves and for Key Stage 1. It features illustrations from Nicola Colton and a feisty heroine children will love. _______________ Bloomsbury Young Readers are the perfect way to get children reading, with book-banded stories by brilliant authors like Julia Donaldson. The series is ideal for both home and school, with gorgeous colour illustrations, tips for parents, and fun activity ideas. Online guided reading and teaching notes, written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), are available at bloomsburyreaders.com. ''Every child needs a Bloomsbury Young Reader. Fun, stretching, just the right length, full of adventurous vocabulary and punctuation.'' - Julie-Ann McCulloch, Teacher

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 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 ?

Quand pique ton coeur... Ana Kelly est habituée à la mort. En tant qu’avocate spécialisée dans le droit de succession, elle est souvent contactée par les proches de ses clients pour l''informer du décès de l’un d’eux. Mais rien n’avait préparé Ana à l’appel de Rebecca Taylor qui lui annonce la mort de son mari Connor dans un accident. Cela fait trois ans qu’Ana et Connor avaient une liaison – se retrouvant dans des chambres d’hôtel, partant pour des week-ends en amoureux à la campagne et effaçant hâtivement des sms à peine envoyés. Ils cachaient bien leur amour, et personne n’était au courant. Seule et désemparée, Ana recherche l’amitié de celle qu’elle considérait jusqu’alors comme sa rivale, mais qui, maintenant, est la seule à comprendre sa douleur : Rebecca. Tandis qu’Ana se rapproche de la veuve de son amant, elle est obligée de reconnaître de douloureuses vérités sur leur liaison – et sur la volatilité de l’amour et du désir. Traduit de l''anglais (Irlande) par Pierre Demarty

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.

Bea, Alina et Quinn sont accusés de faire partie de la Résistance. Bea a perdu sa famille, Alina sa maison, et Quinn son insouciance. Ils sont obligés de se cacher car ils sont activement recherchés par l''armée. Leur dernier espoir : rejoindre Sequoia, un refuge où sont regroupés les derniers rebelles. Mais ils découvrent avec horreur la véritable nature de cette communauté ses membres sont génétiquement sélectionnés pour engendrer une nouvelle race d''humains, une race "supérieure" qui puisse vivre avec peu d''oxygène. Bea, Alina et Quinn sont-ils vraiment les derniers à se battre pour avoir le droit de respirer librement ?