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First edition cover
Author Sarah Crossan
Country Ireland
Language English
Genre Young adult novel
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), Greenwillow Books (US)
Publication date
2015
Media type Print
Pages 448
Awards Carnegie Medal
ISBN 978-1-408-86311-4

One is a 2015 children's novel by the author Sarah Crossan. The book was published by Bloomsbury Publishing on 27 August 2015.

The novel won the Carnegie Medal for 2016. It was also nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in its German translation.

The plot of the book is about the life and survival of two sisters, who are conjoined twins. The book was written following Crossan's research on twins and the book refers to past examples of siamese twins. The book is written in a poetic format, unlike most other children's novels. It focuses on themes of identity and loss.

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