Just in Case

Just in Case

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name = Just in Case


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author = Meg Rosoff
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
genre = Young adult
publisher = Puffin Books
pub_date = August 3, 2006
pages = 240 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0141380780

"Just in Case" is a young adult novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2006. The plot focuses on the adolescent protagonist David Case, who spends the majority of the book attempting to avoid fate. It received generally positive reviews.

It won the Carnegie Medal, [ [http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards] ] as well as being shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize. [ [http://www.booktrust.org.uk/show/feature/Prizes%20and%20awards/Booktrust-Teenage-Prize Booktrust Teenage Prize] ]

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