Catch Me If I Fall

Name: Catch Me If I Fall
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Barry Jonsberg
ISBN: 9798350810660

Author: Barry Jonsberg

Narrator: Aimee Smith

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/25/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Twins Ashleigh and Aiden have always promised to protect each other, but after an accident on a school trip, Aiden starts behaving strangely. Are they just growing apart, or is something more sinister going on?

In a future Australia ravaged by climate change, twins Ashleigh and Aiden Delatour have always promised to protect and be there for each other, no matter what. Their privileged upbringing and loving, wealthy parents leave them with little to worry about. But when Aiden is seriously injured during a school trip, the twins' entire world begins to unravel.

Back home from the hospital, something about Aiden seems different and Ashleigh's quest to find out why will uncover dark truths about the world they thought they knew, challenge their bond as twins, and push how far they are willing to go to keep their promises.

Catch Me If I Fall is a thrilling, timely examination of the possible future of our planet, the true meaning of family, and our responsibilities to each other.

About Barry Jonsberg

Barry Jonsberg was a high school English teacher in Darwin, Australia, before he began his career as an author. His young-adult novel It's Not All About YOU, Calma! was awarded the Adelaide Festival Award for Children's Literature. His widely acclaimed, bestselling novel My Life as an Alphabet was adapted into the film H Is for Happiness, and a film adaptation of Catch Me If I Fall is now in the works. Barry still lives in Darwin with his wife, Anita, and their dog, Zorro.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zac on November 28, 2020

I love being surprised by a book. The blurb hints at what the story is about but it’s actually surprisingly different. Barry Jonsberg’s latest book, Catch Me If I Fall is one of these books. What at first seems like just a story about twins and an event that changes their relationship is actually mu......more

Goodreads review by kiarajade on January 16, 2021

This book has to have given me one of the biggest surprises yet. I went into this with certain expectations based on the cover and blurb only to have all of them turned inside out in the best way possible. While at first it seems like Catch Me If I Fall about a pair of identical twins and the ups an......more

Goodreads review by Amber on September 27, 2023

I read this Y.A novel as my students will be studying it next year … multiple issues to unpack from climate change , A.I & the bond between siblings......more

Goodreads review by Lucie on November 02, 2020

Ash and Aiden Delatour are identical twins, living a privileged lifestyle with loving parents. In a world that has fallen apart at the seams, they want for nothing. All they have to do is be there for each other, no matter what. But after Aiden suffers a terrible injury, he isn't the same brother Ash......more

Goodreads review by Julie on May 03, 2023

Wow. Okay wow because I had no idea where this book was going. The topics in this book are so incredibly important and valuable. Far more relevant and political than I thought but I enjoyed it. I’m a twin myself so sometimes it was more emotional, again, that I thought. I didn’t like the book at firs......more