The Weight of Water
Children's fictionEngland, fictionMothers and daughters, fictionSwimming, fictionRace relations, fictionImmigrantsJuvenile fictionMothers and daughters
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.
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Book data: Open Library