Through families lost and found, this own-voices story celebrates the resilience of the human heart and our need to know who we truly are.

Metal Fish, Falling Snow is a warm, funny and highly original portrait of a young girl’s search for identity and her struggle to deal with grief. Dylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to. One that will be broken when he leaves her with the family she has never known. Buy Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore for 24.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. As they travel through remote towns further and further from the water that Dylan longs for, she and Pat form an unlikely bond. Paris, Dylan imagines, is a place where her black skin won’t make her stand out, a place where she might feel she belongs.īut when she loses her mother in a freak accident, Dylan finds herself on a very different journey: a road trip across outback Australia in the care of her mother’s grieving boyfriend, Pat. NOTABLES, 2021 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, OLDER READERSĭylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to France. Cath Moore is an award-winning screenwriter, teacher and filmmaker whose debut novel, Metal Fish, Falling Snow (Text Publishing) came out in July 2020. SHORTLIST, 2021 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, OLDER READERS Born in Guyana, Cath Moore is of Irish/Afro-Caribbean heritage. Pat is cued as white.HONOURS, 2021 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, OLDER READERS Paris, Dylan imagines, is a place where her black skin wont make. Regional vocabulary may cause some confusion for readers unfamiliar with it. Dylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to France. Strong characterization and narration will allow readers to experience Dylan’s full range of emotions. Teens will be able to relate to at least one aspect of this tale, whether it is relationships, identity issues, or grief. Readers may struggle with the seemingly erratic storytelling in the beginning, but will soon realize the very real grief that Dylan and Pat are experiencing. Dylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to France. She sees the world differently and is purely herself, all the while struggling with her biracial identity and her attempts to be “normal”-a.k.a. The relationship that Dylan and Pat form is strengthened by their mutual love of her mother, but is tested by Dylan’s unexpected and unabashed behavior. Each stop along the way brings new difficulties, including car troubles, racist remarks, and the resulting fall out. Dylan and her late mother’s boyfriend, Pat, take off on a road trip to meet Dylan’s remaining family. Gr 9 Up–Set in the Australian outback, Moore’s debut novel is a challenging, powerful story that follows a biracial (Black/white) teenage girl, Dylan, through the sudden loss of her mother.