One by Sarah Crossan - Trade Paperback - Teens Non-Fiction

Winner of the Carnegie Medal, the YA Book Prize, and the Children's Books Ireland Book Prize, Sarah Crossan's masterful novel in verse deftly portrays conjoined twin sisters who face a life-changing decision. In a starred review Kirkus calls Crossan's literary feat, “Honest, unapologetic . . . . Not to be overlooked.” For fans of Gayle Forman, Jodi Picoult, and Jandy Nelson.

Winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Children's Books Ireland award, and the YA Book Prize and named to the White Raven list and the Indies Next List, Crossan's poignant novel in verse is unforgettable.

For Tippi and Grace, it's simply normal to step into the same skirt. To fall asleep listening to the other breathing. To share. And to keep some things private. The two sixteen-year-old girls have two heads, two hearts, and each has two arms, but at the belly, they join and are one. And they are happy, never wanting to risk the dangerous separation surgery. But everything is changing. Their family is having money problems and they must leave the security of home schooling and go to school for the first time. And the girls' body is beginning to fight against them. Sarah Crossan writes with beauty and sensitivity about the impossible decision the girls now face. One is a breakout novel by a true literary talent, a novel that Shelf Awareness in a starred review calls, “An exploration of intimacy . . . powerful.”