Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Older Readers Prize 2022
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2022
Shortlisted for the Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize2022
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2021
The trailblazing new novel from the Carnegie Medal shortlisted author of Run,Rebel.
A trailblazing new novel about two teenagers from opposite worlds; The Crossing is a profound story of hope,grief,and the very real tragedies of the refugee crisis.
Natalie's world is falling apart. She's just lost her mum and her brother marches the streets of Dover full of hate and anger. Swimming is her only refuge.
Sammy has fled his home and family in Eritrea for the chance of a new life in Europe. Every step he takes on his journey is a step into an unknown and unwelcoming future.
A twist of fate brings them together and gives them both hope. But is hope enough to mend a broken world
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UKISBN: 9780241411445Number of pages: 320Weight: 215 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
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'A tightly crafted series of punchy,often heartbreaking narrative poems... Mann's brilliant,coruscating verse novel lays out the anatomy of Amber's revolution,and the tentative first flowerings of hope and change.'-The Guardian
Manjeet Mann
Manjeet Mann is an actress,playwright,screenwriter and author of the Costa Category Award-winning The Crossing.
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