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Winner of the Children’s Book Award 2016, Books for Older Readers category - Longlisted for the 2015 Guardian Children's Book prize - Shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal Apple is sure that one day her mother will return. And when that happens she is sure that everything in her life will be good again.
But when Mum does return, Apple finds that what you wish for may not always be what you really want. With the arrival of mum, Apple’s life is turned upside down. Home, school and most of all, what she really thinks about all those around her, are all thrown into confusion. Can Apple find happiness in a new way of life?
Apple’s poems help her to tell this touching story of an unhappy and complicated family life.
When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question - why did you go? And she will have someone who understands what it means to be a teenager - unlike Nana. But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother's homecoming is bitter sweet, and Apple wonders who is really looking after whom. It's only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is, that she begins to see things as they really are.
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When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question - why did you go?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Apple and Rain and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
Apple and Rain features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Apple and Rain was written by Sarah Crossan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Apple and Rain has 328 pages
