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The weight of water /

Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, 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, which is her only refuge from an alien society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crossan, Sarah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Subjects:
Immigrants > England > Coventry > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Swimming > Juvenile fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Coventry (England) > Ethnic relations > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > England > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Swimming > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Coventry (England) > Fiction.
England > Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Description
Summary:Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, 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, which is her only refuge from an alien society.
Item Description:Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Physical Description:211 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9781599909677 (hardcover)
1599909677 (hardcover)