Barry Jonsberg

Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden is more dedicated to the task than Ashleigh, but when it comes to matters of life and death, they both exhibit a fierce protectiveness that will change the course of their lives.

Catch Me If I Fall

Hayley 📖🌈💜🌸

Catch Me If I Fall is a middle grade/early YA book set in near future Sydney, where climate change has destroyed the world as we know it, creating an inhospitable environment with limited resources, and Australia now has a one child policy. Ashleigh and Aidan Delacourt are identical twins, in the loosest definition of the word, and live a privileged life. 
The relationships in this novel are mostly toxic, with the possible exception of Ashleigh and Aiden, who are taught to take care of and protect each other. The way Ashleigh and Aiden's parents treat each other and their children is somewhat troubling; their stay-at-home dad is often treated with disdain by their mother, and towards the end of the book especially, Ashleigh, a thirteen year old, treats her parents, who yes, have been lying to her, with such disrespect I had to put the book down. 
All in all, the story was interesting and I enjoyed some of the twists, but the characters were mostly unlikeable and despite Ash's character development throughout the book, she came across as a spoiled brat.

Catch Me If I Fall

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