The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
About this book
Twelve-year-old 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.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL20184676W
Subjects
Children's fictionEngland, fictionMothers and daughters, fictionSwimming, fictionRace relations, fictionImmigrantsJuvenile fictionMothers and daughtersSwimmingAlienation (Social psychology)Novels in verseEthnic relationsYoung adult fiction