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A01=Sarah Brill
Australian YA
Author_Sarah Brill
basketball
Books for kids aged 13
books for teens
Category=YFB
Category=YFE
Category=YFN
coming-of-age
dedication
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eq_teenage-young-adult
expectations
family
friendship
romance
sacrifice
self-belief
self-discovery
Speculative fiction
superpowers
YA
young adult books
young adult speculative fiction
Product details
- ISBN 9781761182037
- Weight: 326g
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
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NOTABLE BOOK: 2026 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers
LONGLISTED: 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 or from tall buildings.
Soon Beth discovers that helping strangers sometimes hurts. Sometimes it also hurts or annoys the people she loves. It isn't great for her school grades, either. Is there a way to balance family and friendship and basketball and romance and ... catching?
An extraordinary story about finding out who you are, and discovering who you want to be.
'Catch is a graceful exploration of what it means to hold others up while trying to find your own balance, and learning to trust yourself, even when the ground is shifting beneath your feet.' --Karys McEwen, Books+Publishing
LONGLISTED: 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 or from tall buildings.
Soon Beth discovers that helping strangers sometimes hurts. Sometimes it also hurts or annoys the people she loves. It isn't great for her school grades, either. Is there a way to balance family and friendship and basketball and romance and ... catching?
An extraordinary story about finding out who you are, and discovering who you want to be.
'Catch is a graceful exploration of what it means to hold others up while trying to find your own balance, and learning to trust yourself, even when the ground is shifting beneath your feet.' --Karys McEwen, Books+Publishing
Sarah Brill grew up in Perth, Western Australia and began writing at the age of fifteen. She initially focused on playwrighting but also wrote for film and radio. After having children, Sarah started working in sustainability-related fields and writing when she could. Her first novel, Glory, was published in 2002. Her second novel, Symphony for the Man, was published in 2020. Sarah lives in Sydney with her three sons and two cats.
