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| Original Title: | Just in Case |
| ISBN: | 0385746784 (ISBN13: 9780385746786) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Costa Book Award Nominee for Children's Book (2006), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch (2008), Carnegie Medal (2007) |
Meg Rosoff
Hardcover | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 3.21 | 3501 Users | 382 Reviews
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| Title | : | Just in Case |
| Author | : | Meg Rosoff |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | March 25th 2009 by Wendy Lamb Books |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Contemporary |
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After his younger brother narrowly avoids a serious fall, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. He changes his name, assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love.Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him.
And he's right.
After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love with the seductive Agnes Day. With his imaginary dog Boy in tow, Justin struggles to fit into his new role and above all, to survive in a world where tragedy is around every corner. He's got to be prepared, just in case.
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Ratings: 3.21 From 3501 Users | 382 ReviewsEvaluation Out Of Books Just in Case
Although I loved How I Live Now, Just In Case seriously didn't do it for me. This book just seemed to go nowhere. I mean, things happened, but it felt like nothing was happening at all, and the story line was just drifting along. It was like the author couldn't decide between fantasy and psychology. Also, I had a hard time believing David/Justin's parents would just let him run away from home and quit school and move in with that older girl without being just a little bit upset. Try again, MegThe last parts of the book fell short, but at first it was reallllly good. Rosoff's fresh narrative gave the story a quirky suspense and I was really eager to see where the plot would go. But as it progressed, Justin's oddness just became plain weird and the characters failed to display whatever the book was trying to convey. (Or did I just not understand it?
Most often, young adult fiction leaves me quite cold. I read it for professional reasons, make suggestions regarding suitability for class reading, and put it aside again. Every once in a while, though, I come across beautifully crafted novels, containing the human condition in the making, made accessible to a younger reading audience without diluting content and message.Just In Case is such a case. Pun intended as it is part of the story, as well. Justin Case, the main character, all of a
Read this one several months ago. I was hoping for big things after How I live Now. This book was good, quite funny at times, but not even on the same level.A kid name, I don't know, maybe Aaron Case or something, gets completely and totally preoccupied with fate/predestination and all the terrible things that could happen to him. So, he decides to adopt the name Justin Case (get it, Just In Case, har) and completely change his public identity in the hopes of outwitting fate. Cute premise, but
Well, I think I've learned that I really don't like Meg Rosoff.
Meg Rosoff, the author of Just in Case wrote a ground breaking novel, with a complex plot through the intriguing believable mind of a teen age boy. Meg Rosoff won the Carnegie Medal in 2007 for the novel Just in Case. I found very similar plot lines and themes between Just in Case, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger and A&P by John Updike. Each of these novels uses the theme of coming of age. I would defiantly recommend Just in Case to fellow readers because it is very much a classic, a
Most often, young adult fiction leaves me quite cold. I read it for professional reasons, make suggestions regarding suitability for class reading, and put it aside again. Every once in a while, though, I come across beautifully crafted novels, containing the human condition in the making, made accessible to a younger reading audience without diluting content and message.Just In Case is such a case. Pun intended as it is part of the story, as well. Justin Case, the main character, all of a
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