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Bloomsbury has acquired a debut novel for 11+ readers, written in verse form by British author Sarah Crossan. Commissioning editor Ele Fountain bought world English rights from Julia Churchill at The Greenhouse Literary Agency.
She said: "The Weight of Water is a startlingly original piece of fiction for 11+ readers; most simply a coming of age story, it also tackles head-on the alienation experienced by many young immigrants. Moving, unsentimental, and utterly page turning, we meet and share the experiences of a remarkable girl who shows us how quiet courage prevails."T
The story tells of Polish girl Kasienka, who is brought to the UK by her mother to search for her absent father.
Sarah Crossan completed her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Warwick in 2003, and last year received an Edward Albee Fellowship, spending the summer in New York completing this novel.
Bloomsbury will publish in January 2012.