Toffee

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_______________ 'Utterly sublime' - Cecelia Ahern 'Impossible not to read it in a single gulp' - The Times 'Undoubtedly one of the best books of the year' - Irish Times _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG YA AWARD _______________ I am not who I say I am. Marla isn't who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget. Marla is a woman trying to remember. When Allison runs away from home, she doesn't expect to be taken in by Marla, an elderly woman with dementia, who mistakes her for an old friend called Toffee. Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. But as her bond with Marla grows, Allison begins to ask herself: where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who am I, really? _______________ 'Compelling and beautifully wrought' - The Sunday Times 'A book that changes its reader for the better' - Guardian 'One of our most original writers' - John Boyne _______________ Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation... Don't miss Sarah Crossan's other irresistibly page-turning books Moonrise, One, Apple and Rain, and The Weight of Water.

Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a degree in Philosophy and Literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. Sarah is the current Laureate na nOg (Ireland's Children's Literature Laureate). sarahcrossan.com @SarahCrossan

Impossible not to read it in a single gulp * The Times * Utterly sublime * Cecelia Ahern * Compelling and beautifully wrought * The Sunday Times * A book that changes its reader for the better * Guardian * Undoubtedly one of the best books of the year * Irish Times * One of our most original writers * John Boyne * Very special * Daily Mail * Winner of the Honour Award for Fiction in the KPMG Ireland Children's Books Awards 2020, Toffee is lyrical and compelling, with Crossan's style beautifully balancing trauma and frustration, with heart-warming moments and glimpses of humour * Paper Lanterns * This is a tense read, as two vulnerable characters struggle to maintain their autonomy in a precarious world. There are no happy endings, but the reader feels that Allison/Toffee's commitment to education will be her salvation * CBI Mind Yourself 2020 Reading Guide * I would read one page of this and find myself needing to turn to the next because this book was so good. The chapters were short and it left me wanting more ... Intense and also kind of moving * Teen Titles Magazine *