They live in coventry in an awful and small studio lacking of all the qualities. The weight of water book east lansing public library. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I like sarah crossans writing and i have read some of her work before.
The weight of water teaches us to be accepting of people from different. The weight of water by sarah crossan, paperback barnes. While the search continues, kasienka is kept afloat by william, a boy she meets at the local pool who understands what it means to lose someone and who swims with kasienka towards her new life. The weight of water book king county library system. Moving, unsentimental and utterly pageturning, we meet and share the experiences of a remarkable girl who shows us how quiet courage prevails. This beautiful book is written in verse and captures yearold kasienkas emotions and experiences perfectly. Kasienka feels powerful only when she swims at the poolsomething tata taught her to do. It has a waterlike synergy, a story of dignity, fused with a sense of buoyancy and colour. The weight of water, published by bloomsbury in january 2012, is a spare and. Twelveyearold kasienka cassie and her mother have immigrated to 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. The weight of water is a beautiful surprise of a book. At home her mothers heart is breaking and at school friends are scarce. All of the characters are relatable, and this made the book seem real and the scenes innovative yet commonplace. That is also where william, a schoolmate, first notices her.
The weight of water is a startlingly original piece of fiction. Kasienka and her mother have come to england to find tata, kasienka s father, who has left the family after an argument to come to england. Twelveyearold 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. The weight of water opens with 12 year old kasienka and her mother leaving their homeland, poland, and travelling to england. The weight of water was the last book that i had to read of hers, so i can officially say that i love her now, right. They are searching for tata, kasienka s father, who headed to the uk three years previously. Twelveyearold kasienka cassie and her mother have immigrated to 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. The weight of water kindle edition by crossan, sarah. From kasienka s english school experience, to her troubles at home where she is in conflict with mama, to adjusting to being poor, i thought that the weight of water shows excellently the relationships between the characters. The novel deals with numerous themes, relevant to young people and. The weight of water by sarah crossan lunas little library. The book apple and rain was one of her other popular books. The weight of water by sarah crossan reading guidebook. Its two years after his departure, and kasienka and her mother are moving to.
Without kasienka does ola ever find her lost husband and does she deep inside know why he left. About the missing father, kasienka thinks, tata does not want to be found. But when someone special swims into her life, kasienka learns that there might be more tha. Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled. The novel deals with numerous themes, relevant to young. The weight of water houston area digital media catalog. It was an poignant little book of verses that follow kasienka. Flashback setting switched england to past poland in middle of book chapter is in the past, before england mama pitched a cup at the wall. This book is about a polish girl called kasienka, who comes to. After the father abandons his wife and 12yearold daughter, kasienka, and flees from gdansk, poland, to coventry, england, kasienka and her mother track him down there, only to find they find hes built a new life of which they are no longer a part. Read the weight of water, by sarah crossan on bookmate.
Teachers guide the weight of water by sarah crossan. Parents need to know that the weight of water by sarah crossan, author of breathe, is a novel in free verse about a broken family and a young immigrant girls struggle. Ive always loved verse novels since being introduced to steven herricks love, ghosts and nose hair in high school and my love of verse novels continues in sarah crossans the weight of water. The title also describes it as a burden, depicting life in both an oppressive and uplifting way. Whilst other books of hers, such as one and we come apart, work in verse, i do not think that the weight of water worked in a similar way. Quotes from the weight of water by sarah crossan bookmate. Like the weight of water itself, it stirs the soul but leaves the reader with a fresh perspective of hope.
The weight of water and millions of other books are available for instant. Kasienkas dad is gone, leaving only a brief note to say hed gone to england. In this taut portrayal of the immigrant experience, 12yearold kasienka moves with mama from gdansk, poland, to coventry, england, to find tata, her father. Kasienka and her mother emigrate from poland to england in. Even though she has the weight of water on her shoulders, she can lose herself in a sport that she excels at above all others. The weight of water by sarah crossan wright reading. The weight of water helps you understand how refugees feel and how hard it can be a foreigner in a strange country. The weight of water by sarah crossan is a middle grade book that is all about how kasienka comes of age and overcomes her loneliness. Read the weight of water, by sarah crossan online on bookmate armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, kasienka and her mother head for england. Twelveyearold 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. Sarah crossans the weight of water is written in verse.
Kasienka encounters numerous problems throughout the book, in school and at home. The book is about a young polish girl called kasienka who, with her mother, emigrates from gdansk in poland to coventry in england. As with many of my books, i purchased the weight of water because it came so highly recommended. Moving and poetically rendered, this novelinverse is the story of a young girl whose determination to find out who she is prevails. In the weight of water bloomsbury 2012, sarah crossan tells us only what we need to know in her spare verse. In this taut portrayal of the immigrant experience, 12yearold kasienka moves with mama from. Author sarah crossan deals with heavy topics abandonment, bullying, adjustment to a life in a new country yet the narrative poem is lyrical, rich in sensory detail, and profoundly moving.
Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, kasienka and her mother head for england. Crossans the weight of water brought me to cry, laugh, feel irritated, and smile as i enjoyed how kasienka struggled to find her way through an unknown country. Kasienka has a dichotomous relationship with water. Coming from gdansk in poland, england is a whole new world for kasienka and her mother to understand. And at school, kasienka is having trouble being the new girl and making friends. The weight of water is the story of kasienka, a polish girl who moved with her mother to england to look for her father, who has left them.
All it meant was that the book, which looked like your average sized book, was in fact very short. The weight of water by sarah crossan cassie karcher period 6 element 1. The beautiful unraveles kasienka and her mothers struggle to move to a new county where they know no one and ache to be accepted in a world where all they. Jill heritage maza, montclair kimberley academy, montclair, nj. Sarah crossan is officially one of my favourite authors. The weight of water is a comingofage story that deftly handles issues of immigration, alienation, and first love.
At home her mothers heart is breaking and at school kasienka finds it impossible to make new friends. This book is about a polish girl called kasienka, who comes to england with her mother to find her long last father who abandoned them when. At home, she questions why they are searching for a man who ran from them. It is a curious title, the weight of water, with crossans depiction of water as both cleansing and as an escape. The weight of water is a book i would recommend to anyone. She must think her readers are intelligent, which makes us feel good. The weight of water is a comingofage novel in free verse. The weight of water is a novel written in a beautiful,poetic style which creates a fantastic story and atmosphere. Kasienka and mama come from poland to coventry, england in search of tata kasi.