Name: One
ISBN: 9781408872345

Sarah Crossan

The ONE book you have to read this summer! The phenomenal new novel from Carnegie-shortlisted author Sarah Crossan; incredibly moving and extraordinarily crafted, it explores the unbreakable bond and love between sisters

Tippi and Grace share everything—clothes, friends . . . even their body. Writing in free verse, Sarah Crossan tells the sensitive and moving story of conjoined twin sisters, which will find fans in readers of Gayle Forman, Jodi Picoult, and Jandy Nelson. Tippi and Grace. Grace and Tippi. For them, it's normal to step into the same skirt. To hook their arms around each other for balance. To fall asleep listening to the other breathing. To share. And to keep some things private. Each of the sixteen-year-old girls has her own head, heart, and two arms, but at the belly, they join. And they are happy, never wanting to risk the dangerous separation surgery. But the girls' body is beginning to fight against them. And Grace doesn't want to admit it. Not even to Tippi. How long can they hide from the truth—how long before they must face the most impossible choice of their lives? Carnegie Medal–nominated author Sarah Crossan gives us a story about unbreakable bonds, hope, loss, and the lengths we will go to for the person we love most.

azliana aziz

with one, sarah crossan proves that verse narrative can be unpretentious and ultimately poignant. in fact, one overflowed with abundance of honest, realistic emotions that by the end of the book if you're not at least getting teary eyed then i applaud your steel heart resistance.

Megan O’Connod

I am so sad that this is over.
I am so sad because of a certain part of it that I want to deny happened. 
Sarah Crossan is an amazing author. I have never read a full book in verse before but I eagerly look forward to the next and her book collaboration with Brian Conaghan.
10/10 recommend. Go read it now. 
All my books lately, that I have been amazing and 5/5. But I am easy to please when it comes to book so I am handing out 5 star ratings like all the damn time.

WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2016WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016WINNER OF THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016WINNER OF THE CLIPPA POETRY AWARD 2016Grace 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? The ONE book you have to read this summer! Incredibly moving and extraordinarily crafted, it explores the unbreakable bond and love between sisters. Winner of The CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2016.

Kacie bulpitt

I first read “moonrise” by Sarah Crossan and from then on I have always been interested in Sarah’s writing. The writing style is displayed as free verse and I find this really easy to read and do so quickly. I finished this book within 2 days and it was such a powerful story put into such a simple writing style. I loved this book and would definitely recommend

Ian Brakspear

This book was beautiful. I couldn't help but sob while reading the last few chapters. This book is guaranteed to move you and leave you physically hugging the book to show the love it needs. 
 
One is a Story that follows Grace and Tippi, conjoined twins who are just about to go to high school for the first time. Having been home-schooled all their lives and living their life mostly behind closed doors. But when they start High School, they find 2 amazingly goof friends Jon and Yasmeen and with them by their side school life is a little less scary. But once they start getting used to tings are all change tragedy strikes and it rocks them right to the core of their relationship 
 
This Book is told through the perspective of Grace, and it was super engaging to read and felt like you were going along with them for the ride. Her joys and struggles of being conjoined were described with such a breath-taking and open honesty that I couldn't help but connect with her deeply.
 
It’s clear to see that the author has spent lots of time and energy researching so this story can be told with the compassion, delicacy and love it needs. It’s told in a unique way how it is stylised in verse and written in prose. This is an incredible quick read and despite the quick nature I still felt much more deeply involved in the characters and events than I thought I would.
 
At its core, this is a story that shows the harsh reality of society judging people for the way people look and makes you question why people are always preoccupied with physical appearance. The ending was so sad, and I sobbed while reading it, but it was also incredibly life-affirming.

Alexa Jade

The format of the book made it such a fast, easy read combined with the good writing and interesting plot. 
I am heartbroken but it hurts so good? I don’t know. I’ll be crying all day bye.

Jelke Lenaerts

This book has content warnings for alcohlism and anorexia.

I think this is a really important story and also think the author dealt with the topic very respectfully. Now this had the "Tall Girl" problem for me. It sees the challenge of the main characters as the biggest challenge in the world, even though there are multiple characters that struggling with difficult things as well. Unlike "Tall Girl" (a movie by the way, for those who don't know) the main character in this book actually has a problem. But this book just felt a little to me like it was saying that as long as you are one person with one body all the other problems you have are unimportant. Their father is an alcoholic. Their sister has anorexia. But neither is properly adressed. They're just shrugged to the side because they have "a normal body" and therefore their problems are lesser. Let's not forget that the main characters pay no attenion to taking care of themselves. They are constantly holding themselves back from having a "normal" life. When they get in health issues they completely ignore the advise from their doctors. Yeah, that kind of mentality from a main character I just can't get behind. It's why this isn't a 4 or 5 star for me. Because I think if that issue would have been solved this would have gotten that rating from me as the rest gives raw and honest discussion. I like that it's told in verse. Unlike most reviews I read I don't think the one perspective instead of two took anything away from this story. I would still highly recommend this book, as it deals with a topic that isn't much written about in YA. It just comes up to personal prefference for this one with me.

Giulia 

L'argomento è molto interessante, ma non ho apprezzato il modo in cui è stata eseguita la storia. Penso che questa fosse una storia che avrebbe beneficiato molto di un'impostazione standard e di una maggiore caratterizzazione delle protagoniste.

E' stato un libro piatto, per certi versi anche banale. Mi aspettavo decisamente qualcosa di più.

Kate

This was fantastic. As the first book I've ever read written in verse, I wasn't sure what to expect but I enjoyed this so much. Since this was written in verse, I flew through it in just over an hour. One is beautifully written and utterly heartbreaking. I thoroughly enjoyed this (despite my emotions being taken on a total rollercoaster!!!) Highly recommend if you're looking for something unique in both writing style and plot.

I have a full review for this on my blog here... http://girlreading.co.uk/bookreviews/...

Beth Bartholomew

I read this book over about three hours, I devoured it, it was amazing and it told me the story of something that I had no idea about.

Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins, they share their wholes lives and this book follows them on some of their journey. They start going to public school and their family are struggling for money. Really the importance of this book is that these are issues lots of people struggle with, but to these girls everything is so much more amplified.

This book is told from the sole perspective of Grace, it is really interesting that we only get one of the twin’s narration and reminds the reader that they are separate people. The structure of this book is more like a poetry book and perhaps why I read it so fast. It is like we are reading a stream of thought, which really makes you think about the narrative in a different way.

I liked that when the girls went to school they were able to find friends and it wasn’t the cliche story about bullying etc. Instead they were able to be normal teenagers for a while and I think this was definitely something that was really important to show to the reader.

For the spoiler side of my review, check out my blog: https://booksnestbookishopinions.word...

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