Toffee by Sarah Crossan review – a profoundly moving YA novel in verse

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Trauma, grief and belonging are all addressed in this poignant verse novel from the Irish children’s laureate

, an account of a boy’s farewell to a brother on death row, was shortlisted for the 2017 Costa children’s prize., her latest story told in verse, returns to several poignant and recurrent themes: belonging, identity, grief and trauma, and shaping one’s place in the world.Allison has run away from her abusive father, hoping to find his ex-fiancee, Kelly-Anne, who cared for her in a way he never could.

 

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