The Weight of Water

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Two sisters were separated and both had different lives. Rachel had always wanted to protect her younger sister Talia but she didn't realise that Talia was actually protecting her all those times.

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Shows the difficulties of adjusting to a broken family as well as what it's like for an immigrant confronting a new culture and foreign language. It will be relatable for tweens and teens who know how it feels to adjust to a new home or school. One night, Rachel receives a phone call. The information she is given sets in motion a series of events that will unravel her life, force her to examine past decisions, and take her on a psychologically arduous journey to save her sister. Ultimately she is faced with the an almost impossible choice.

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The Weight of Water gives us an insight of the life of Kasienka a Polish immigrant come to England to find her Father. I really liked this book, I think it is great example people around the world trying to fit in on a day-to-day basis. Kasienka and her Mother must battle their social problems as a string of events unwind.

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Ugh. This book intertwines two stories. One is the murder of two women and happens in a previous century. The other is about a photographer sent to where the women were killed to take pictures for a magazine assignment. The older story works well and I even liked the weird way the author intertwines the two stories where one flows into the next with only a paragraph break. The problem is that the more contemporary story falls completely apart at the end. There's a build up full of the photographer's regrets and if only's but I don't see how anything she did caused what happened in the end.

Ar med with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother head for England. Life is lonely for Kasienka. At home her mother’s heart is breaking and at school friends are scarce. But when someone special swims into her life, Kasienka learns that there might be more than one way for her to stay afloat. Jean Janes is researching the Smuttynose Murders. Bringing along her husband and daughter, she charters her brother-in-law’s boat to take photos and get a feel for the island. She pulls letters, journals, and information about the trial which are archived in the historic city of Portsmouth. Jean steadily unravels the story leading up to the murders, as well as the suspecting infidelity of her husband. My favorite character was Kasienka. That answer may seem quite dull as she is the main character but it still stays. She is one of the most interesting characters in the story – period. Simply Perfect. Do yourself a favor, carve out a few hours and read this in one sitting. It will leave a tiny stone in your gut that you will be unable to free yourself from for days. Although I have read only two of Crossan's books. It's safe to say I love her. I read One last year and it actually made me cry and love it so bad, it jumped onto my top #5 spots. Although it has been replaced, but nevermind that. Sarah Crossan knows how to make you feel. She knows how to squeeze your heart and make you use up a whole box of tissues.

The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan | Waterstones

Kasienka, a twelve-year-old polish girl has just moved to England, to look for her father. She knows little English, and her peers know no Polish. How will she cope with new found friends, enemies, and lovers?

Facing what amounts to bullying from her popular classmates, she cannot tell her mother who is heartbroken over her father and solely focused on finding him.

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Also, another amazing feature that the book has is that it is laid out in a poem format, without rhyming though. This is interesting to me as it could mean the whole book is an account from Kasienka from either the present or the future. This could be quite vague (like the climax) as you could decide why it is laid out like that The book takes its title from Kasienka’s newly found love of swimming. Several people encourage her involvement, and she persists until she gets to go to a national competition in London. Again, the poetry works well here, communicating through vivid imagery the relief that Kasienka feels as she swims. Her mundane worries slide off her body; she revels in the feel of the water on her skin, the intensity of the competition of which she is a part. For her, the weight of water is something special, something almost holy. Crossan portrays the refuge that children (and adults, often enough) seek in a hobby or singular activity, something they can focus on—something they can control. What are some things you could do to make a new student from a foreign country or a different school district feel comfortable and welcome?You were so sad and you were so lonely and you were so insecure and you were OK with letting people Families can talk about immigration. How hard would it be to leave your home country to come to a new one, learn a new language and adjust to a different culture? The verse works well because it forces you to pay attention to every word. With prose, it is so easy to skim and still get the gist of the plot. This book has a plot, but the story is definitely about the trajectory of Kasienka as a character. She begins as a scared girl and matures, with each challenge teaching her something valuable about who she is becoming. She faces down the Popular Girl, develops shy affection for a boy in Year 9, and even struggles with keeping a secret from her mother that could tear them asunder. Because everything is narrated in her poetry, we only ever get a sense of Kasienka—the other characters are more like shadows of themselves than real people—but that’s enough. As she tries to navigate her new surroundings, she makes a special friend, learns to look out for herself and even realize her potential.