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Sarah Crossan has won the most coveted children’s books prize in the UK, the CILIP Carnegie medal with her “poignant and perfectly crafted” verse novel about conjoined twins: One. The award is judged solely by nation’s librarians and was set up in 1936.

Sarah Crossan was shortlisted the prize in 2013 for The Weight of Water and 2015 for Apple and Rain. Now, One has brought her to Carnegie glory, alongside her wins the YA book prize and the Irish children’s book of the year.

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