Crossan, Sarah,

The weight of water / Sarah Crossan. - 211 pages ; 21 cm

Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012.

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.

ISBN: 9781599909677 1599909677 9781681199542

LCCN: 2012038645

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immigrants--England--Coventry--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Swimming--Fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Novels in verse.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Coventry (England)--Ethnic relations--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]