One

Paperback Published on: 19/08/2021
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Bookseller Reviews

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One
Immersed in this for 2 days
My colleagues had read this and said it was great. It took me only 2 days to read as you really get involved with the stories of Grace and Tippi. I even r... READ MORE
Tracey McHardy
One
Beautiful & Moving
Despite being told only through short poems, covering no more than three pages at a time, Crossan still manages to convey the story in such a way that I fe... READ MORE
Charis Bookseller Inverness
One
Just read it
This is an incredible story not just because it is written in freeverse, but the concept in itself is amazing. It is beautiful and emotional and everyone n... READ MORE
Joanne at Newcastle Emerson Chambers
One
Utterly Absorbing.
I was very kindly sent a copy of One after it won the Carnegie Medal. Although the book is in free verse means which means short snappy pages the story is ... READ MORE
Katie Fellows at Oxford
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Beautiful
The difficulty these two characters share is heartbreaking. Truly. What is even worse is how they are meant to feel by those closest around. I have no word... READ MORE
Dom at Ealing

Synopsis

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'Broke my heart and mended it' - Cecilia Ahern
'It will shake up preconceptions and move readers to tears' - Sunday Times Book of the Week
'Truly remarkable' - Irish Times
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WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE
WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL
WINNER OF THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
WINNER OF THE CLIPPA POETRY AWARD
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Here we are.
And we are living.
Isn't that amazing?
How we manage to be here at all.

Grace and Tippi don't like being stared and sneered at, but they're used to it. They're conjoined twins - united in blood and bone.

What they want is to be looked at in turn, like they truly are two people. They want real friends. And what about love?

But a heart-wrenching decision lies ahead for Tippi and Grace. One that could change their lives more than they ever asked for...

This moving and beautifully crafted novel about identity, sisterhood and love ultimately asks one question: what does it mean to want and have a soulmate?
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Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation...
Don't miss Sarah Crossan's other irresistibly page-turning books Moonrise, Toffee, Apple and Rain, and The Weight of Water.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781526614858
  • Number of pages: 448
  • Dimensions: 194 x 128 x 28 mm
  • Weight: 320g
  • Languages: English

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One
An utterly beautiful, thoughtful and important read
It has been a while that I have read a novel where after turning the final page I feel speechless beyond uttering an amazed "wow" at what I'd just read, bu... READ MORE
Page to Stage Reviews (Zarina)
One
A book to keep...
Such a brilliant book! I had been told to read it......eventually I bought it last weekend and devoured it! Such a heart felt tender book which I will now ... READ MORE
Fiona Sharp
One
A story of sisterhood told in free verse; it really is as good as they say it is.
One by Sarah Crossan might be my book of the year. I read it all on in one go, a story of twins told in sequential free verse poems that tell the story o... READ MORE
Lizzie | @littlehux
One
YA Fiction at its very best
"One" tells the story of Tippi and Grace, who are conjoined twins. They have been stared at their entire lives, and have never been to school and have cost... READ MORE
Femke Montagne