If you couldn't already tell from the above description, this is an incredibly special novel. But just when things start to fall into place for Grace and Tippi, it all comes crashing down – changing everything they've ever known. What follows is an unexpected and interesting journey as they face the predictive stares and sneers from the teenagers at their new school, yet also discover wonderful new things such as friendship and first love. Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins – or Siamese twins, as it is more commonly known – who due to financial difficulties for the first time in their lives will have to make the big step of leaving the protection of their family home on a regular basis to go to an ordinary high school. Unique in not only story but writing format too, it has an incredible message at its core, which is told with such utter beauty and thoughtfulness that I relished each and every word within its pages. It has been a while that I have read a novel where after turning the final page I feel speechless beyond uttering an amazed 'wow' at what I'd just read, but the mesmerising One by Sarah Crossan is one such a read.

One that will change their lives even more than they ever imagined…

Will they find more than that at school? Can they find real friends? And what about love?īut what neither Grace or Tippi realises is that a heart-wrenching decision lies ahead. No longer able to afford homeschooling, they must venture into the world – a world of stares, sneers and cruelty. My edition: Hardback, published on 27 August 2015 by Bloomsbury Children's Books, 428 pages.ĭescription: Grace and Tippi are twins – conjoined twins.