One: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016

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_______________ 'Broke my heart and mended it' - Cecilia Ahern 'It will shake up preconceptions and move readers to tears' - Sunday Times Book of the Week 'Truly remarkable' - Irish Times _______________ WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER OF THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER OF THE CLIPPA POETRY AWARD _______________ Here we are. And we are living. Isn't that amazing How we manage to be here at all. Grace and Tippi don't like being stared and sneered at, but they're used to it. They're conjoined twins - united in blood and bone. What they want is to be looked at in turn, like they truly are two people. They want real friends. And what about love But a heart-wrenching decision lies ahead for Tippi and Grace. One that could change their lives more than they ever asked for... This moving and beautifully crafted novel about identity, sisterhood and love ultimately asks one question: what does it mean to want and have a soulmate _______________ Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation... Don't miss Sarah Crossan's other irresistibly page-turning books Moonrise, Toffee, Apple and Rain, and The Weight of Water.

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One broke my heart and mended it, all at the same time. Beautiful, moving story about an unbreakable bond and an immense love ONE of my ALL time favourite books! * Cecelia Ahern, bestselling author of PS, I Love You *
Imagined with empathy, it will shake up preconceptions and move readers to tears * Sunday Times Book of the Week *
Truly remarkable * Irish Times *
A moving and powerful novel from one of our most original writers * Bestselling author John Boyne on TOFFEE *
Any reader with a heart will weep buckets * Sunday Times on MOONRISE *

Author Bio

Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a degree in Philosophy and Literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. Sarah was the Laureate na ng (Irelands Childrens Literature Laureate) from 2018-2020. sarahcrossan.com @SarahCrossan