With momentum still building from this years earlier release of
An Earthly Knight, coupled with the bestseller, multi-award-winning status of
The Secret Under My Skin, we are happy to present the mass market edition of
Catch Me Once, Catch Me Twice, Janet McNaughtons debut historical novel.
Its 1942 and 12-year-old Evelyn McCallum and her ailing pregnant mother have left their comfortable home in Belbins Cove, Newfoundland, to live with Evs grandparents in their stately St. Johns home. Evs father is fighting overseas, and her mother is so wrapped up in her own troubles that she seems to have no room left for Ev. Grandmother is a steely society matron whose overriding concern is What will people think? Evs new school isnt much better, until she meets Peter, a boy whose disability and working class roots set him apart from the other kids.
McNaughton blends wonderful historical detail with deft touches of fantasy into a story that will have readers guessing right until the end. The re-issue ofCatch Me Once, Catch Me Twicewill only confirm her stature as one of our best young adult novelists.