Apple and Rain: Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal

Bloomsbury presents Apple and Rain written and read by Sarah Crossan. When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple feels almost whole again. In order to heal completely, her mother will have to answer one burning question: Why did she abandon her? But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother's homecoming is bittersweet. It's only when Apple meets her younger sister, Rain-someone more lost than she is-that she begins to see things for how they really a...