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" YA rising stars Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan join forces to break readers' hearts in this contemporary story of star-cross'd lovers. Jess would never have looked twice at Nicu if her friends hadn't left her in the lurch. Nicu is all big eyes and ill-fitting clothes, eager as a puppy, even when they're picking up litter in the park for community service. He's so not her type. Appearances matter to Jess. She's got a lot to hide. Nicu thinks Jess is beautiful. His dad brought Nicu and his mum here for a better life, but now all they talk about is going back home to find Nicu a wife. The last thing Nicu wants is to get married. He wants to get educated, do better, stay here in England. But his dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and in the end, he'll have to do what his dad wants. As Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface like bruises. The only safe place they have is with each other. But they can't be together, forever, and stay safe – can they? An extraordinary, high-impact, high-emotion collaboration between two Carnegie honoured rising stars of YA. Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Malorie Blackman, Rainbow Rowell and John Green. Sarah Crossan received the 2016 CILIP Carnegie Medal for her astonishing novel One , which also won the YA Book Prize,CBI Book of the Year Award and the CliPPA Poetry Award. Brian Conaghan's powerful debut, When Mr Dog Bites , was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, Peters Book of the Year and CBI Book of the Year Award."
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Biographisches: "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 Cambridge University. Since completing a masters in creative writing, she has been working to promote creative writing in schools. The Weight of Water and Apple and Rain were both shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. In 2016, Sarah won the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as the YA Book Prize, the CBI Book of the Year award and the CLiPPA Poetry Award for her novel, One. http://www.sarahcrossan.com/ @SarahCrossan" Biographisches: " Brian Conaghan was born and raised in the Scottish town of Coatbridge but now lives in Dublin. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. For many years Brian worked as a teacher and taught in Scotland, Italy and Ireland. When Mr Dog Bites was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2015 and attracted both praise and controversy for its honest, moving and humorous depiction of a teenage boy with Tourette's syndrome. The Bombs That Brought Us Together won the Costa Children's Book Award in 2016. We Come Apart, a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan, published in 2017 to widespread critical acclaim." Rezension(3): "Praise for ONE: Daily Mail:This is a strikingly brave, sensitive and unusual book that pack such a powerful emotional punch, I defy anyone not to weep at the end" Rezension(4): "Praise for WHEN MR DOG BITES: Guardian:Beautifully observed and hilariously uncomfortable" Rezension(5): "Praise for ONE: Independent on Sunday:One of the most powerful as well as the most unusual novels of the year" Rezension(6): "Praise for ONE: Telegraph:Read, think, enjoy and weep, because the novel is quite simply an achingly sad and beautiful story about what makes any of us human" Rezension(7): "Praise for WHEN MR DOG BITES: Irish Times:This is a portrayal of young male bonding, complete with all the lively banter of true camaraderies, at its most tender and affectionate" Rezension(8): "Praise for WHEN MR DOG BITES: Bookseller:An outstanding debut, packed with energy and a brilliant distinctive voice" Rezension(9): "Praise for WHEN MR DOG BITES: Observer:Surprising and charming" Rezension(10): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: April 24, 2017 In a verse novel told through alternating points of view, Crossan ( One ) and Conaghan ( The Bombs That Brought Us Together ) introduce teenagers Jess and Nicu, who meet during mandated community service after shoplifting. Jess is standoffish, secretly struggling with her mother’s abuse at the hands of Jess’s stepfather. Nicu, a recent emigrant from Romania, has traveled to London with his parents to collect and sell scrap metal, saving to pay for his impending arranged marriage. Seeking connection in an unfamiliar and unfriendly landscape, Nicu is drawn to Jess, and as their tentative friendship deepens, they develop a bond built on a common heartache and hope for escape. Jess’s perspective is shared through uncomplicated declarative poems that don’t mince words or shy from her violent home life. In contrast, Nicu’s poems, while thoughtful, are stilted, intended to reflect his unfamiliarity with English, “the tough watermelon to crack,/ a strange language with many weird wordings.” Unfortunately, it’s a gamble that doesn’t pay off, effectively reducing his character to caricature and undermining the novel’s empathetic intentions. Ages 14–up. Author’s agent: (for Crossan) Julia Churchill, A.M. Heath,(for Conaghan) Ben Illis, Ben Illis Agency. "
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