Catch me if I fall / Barry Jonsberg.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2020Edition: [New edition]Description: 265 pages ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781773068916
- 1773068911
- Twins -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
- Rich people -- Juvenile fiction
- Parent and teenager -- Juvenile fiction
- Accidents -- Juvenile fiction
- Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on -- Juvenile fiction
- Artificial intelligence -- Juvenile fiction
- Human-robot interaction -- Juvenile fiction
- Deception -- Juvenile fiction
- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | JONSBERG BARRY | Available | 33111011043706 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | JONSBERG BARRY | Available | 33111010972202 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Key Text Features
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dialogue
epilogue
explanation
prologue
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Previously published: Sydney, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2020.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.