Catch by Sarah Brill

Catch by Sarah BrillLONGLISTED: 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, YOUNG ADULT AWARD Sometimes people fall. It happens. Sometimes people are pushed. Sometimes people jump. And sometimes there's someone there to catch them. The summer Beth turns sixteen, she grows. She grows so fast her bones hurt and she feels like throwing up. Everyone including Etienne, the boy who lives over the road looks at her differently. Then she starts catching people. People who are falling out of trees

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