Winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal, the captivating and darkly-comic novelJust in Caseis a thrilling coming-of-age story - described byThe Timesas a modernThe Catcher in the Rye- from the bestselling author ofHow I Live NowMeg Rosoff.

Every minute of every day, a million things happen . . .

The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes. Suddenly, every moment is fizzing with what-if's, and it's up to David to outwit fate. Or try to. He changes his name and the way he looks. He leaves home and finds himself caught up in a series of strange and extraordinary adventures. He even falls in love.

But is David really in control of his life? And if he isn't - who is?

'Unusual and engrossing' -Independent

'Outstanding' -The Times

'Intelligent, ironic and darkly funny' -Sunday Times

Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novelHow I Live Now(winner of theGuardianChildren's Fiction Prize). Her other novels,The Bride's FarewellandWhat I Was, which was described byThe Timesas 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff.