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Catch Me When You Fall
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Will Alex win the battle for life? A moving novel about learning to find happiness in the face of uncertainty and discovering a love that transcends the boundary between life and death. Seventeen-year-old Alex Byrd is about to have the worst day of her life, and...
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Will Alex win the battle for life?
A moving novel about learning to find happiness in the face of uncertainty and discovering a love that transcends the boundary between life and death.
Seventeen-year-old Alex Byrd is about to have the worst day of her life, and the best. A routine blood test will reveal her leukaemia has returned, but she also meets Jamie Orange.
Some people believe in love at first sight, and some don't.
I believe in love in four days. I believe in falling.
Both teenagers have big dreams, but also big obstacles to overcome.
'Promise me you won't try to die,' I said. 'Ever.' 'Promise me you won't either,' he countered. 'It's not really something I can control.'
Catch Me When You Fall is a heart-wrenching tale of love and resilience, sure to resonate with readers who understand the challenges of life and cherish the moments of connection that make it worthwhile.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780143770930
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 January 2018
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 280g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
Eileen Merriman's first young adult novel, Pieces of You, was published in 2017, and was a finalist in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and a Storylines Notable Book. Since then, a stream of novels for adults and young adults have followed. She has received huge critical praise, with one reviewer saying- 'Merriman is an instinctive storyteller with an innate sense of timing.' In addition to being a regular finalist in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Merriman was a finalist in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel and Moonlight Sonata was longlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction 2020. Editions of some of her young adult novels have been released in Germany, Turkey and the UK and three have been optioned for film or TV, including the Black Spiral Trilogy. In 2024, Merriman's compelling Catch a Falling Star, which depicts a 15-year-old spiralling into a mental health crisis, won both the New Zealand Book Awards Young Adult Fiction Award and NZ Booklovers' Best Young Adult Book. Her other awards include runner-up in the 2018 Sunday Star-Times Short Story Award and third in the same award for three consecutive years previously. She works as a consultant haematologist at North Shore Hospital.
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