Sarah Crossan
Författare till Breathe
Om författaren
Sarah Crossan grew up in Ireland and England. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at Cambridge University. She also completed her Masters in creative writing at the University of Warwick. In 2010, she received an Edward Albee visa mer Fellowship for writing. She taught English for many years before deciding to writing fulltime. Her teen novels include Breathe, The Weight of Water, Resist: Breathe 2, Apple and Rain, and One. She was awarded The Bookseller's 2016 YA Book Prize as well as the CILIP Carnegie Medal for her novel, One. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Sarah Crossan
Tomorrow Is Beautiful: The perfect poetry collection for anyone searching for a beautiful world... (2021) 6 exemplar
Hey, Zoey 2 exemplar
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- Födelsedag
- 1981-01-04
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Ireland
- Födelseort
- Dublin, Ireland
- Bostadsorter
- Hertfordshire, England, UK
Dublin, Ireland
London, England, UK
New York City, New York, USA
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA - Utbildning
- Warwick University (BA|Philosophy & Literature|1999)
Warwick University (MA|Creative Writing|2003)
Cambridge University - Yrken
- author
writing instructor - Priser och utmärkelser
- Edward Albee Fellowship (2010)
- Agent
- Julia Churchill (A.M. Heath)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 15
- Medlemmar
- 2,441
- Popularitet
- #10,512
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 145
- ISBN
- 141
- Språk
- 12
Trigger warnings: Bullying, near death experience
6/10, usually I enjoy verse novels but I didn't enjoy this one which was a massive shame. All the characters were quite flat, the main character wasn't really that complex but I still enjoyed reading about her anyway. The story is that Kasienka immigrated from Poland to England just to find her father which she found eventually. Further on the story is about Kasienka's new life, there was a plot point about racism but it just mentions it and then brushes it under the rug. The only characteristics she had was being smart, being bullied, having a sister called Briony (who almost died), and being a national level swimmer (her father contributed to this), but other than that she was quite flat.
She developed a romantic attraction to a Black person called William but he was quite flat as well and I didn't feel anything for Kasienka and William. The ending was when Kasienka just won a competition and that's it. I would've preferred if this novel was written in prose rather than verse, it would've impacted me more. If you like a novel about immigration try Refugee by Alan Gratz or Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại instead of this.… (mer)