APPLE AND RAIN

This poignant realistic tale is about learning to love and taking responsibility and how poems can tell the truth Sunday Times Book of the Week A story of the redeeming power of love It s beautifully written and it made me cry but it also made me laugh The Bookbag SHORTLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDALAll the time Mum was away Eleven long years I saved up my hopes Like little pennies in a jar Apple s mother disappeared years ago leaving Apple with her nana and a lot of unanswered questions But when she unexpectedly explodes back into Apple s life like a comet homecoming is bittersweet It s only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is that she begins to see things as they really are This beautiful novel from multi award winning author Sarah Crossan explores family friendship and reconciliation It is a story about how messy complicated and surprising love can be Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation Don t miss Sarah Crossan s other irresistibly page turning books Moonrise One Toffee and The Weight of Water