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|title=Falling
|author=Cat Clarke
|publisher=Barrington Stoke Ltd.
|date=June 2013
|website=http://www.catclarke.com/
|summary=Casual sex, jealousy, alcohol and tragedy combine in a very dark LGBT romance for older teens from Barrington Stoke.
|cover=1781122075
|aznuk=1781122075
|aznus=1781122075
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''Falling'' is a book that I liked for some reasons, and disliked for others. It is very short and terribly bleak romance. Anna seems to have it all. She is popular, pretty, and has an absolutely perfect and very wealthy boyfriend, Cam. I'm afraid I never warmed to Anna though. She comes across as one of those people who feel the world revolves around them. Self centred as she is, she does truly care for her best friend Tilly, perhaps more than she realises. It all comes together in tragic misunderstanding on the night of Cam's big party, a party he never wanted to have, but that Anna pushed him into.
On the down side, I found the book entirely predictable. It was quite clear early on exactly how this would turn out. This not one of my favourites in the Barrington Stoke collection, but I am not in the target audience either. The book is certainly unique. While finding books for boys is usually far more difficult than for girls, with dyslexia the tables seem to be turned as significantly more boys suffer from this condition than girls. This book offers something to older teenage girls who are still struggling with literacy and may encourage them to seek out the authors longer and more complex works.
''Falling'' is part of Barrington Stoke's line of books written specifically for children with dyslexia. These books follow all of the guidelines of the British Dyslexia Association for dyslexia-friendly text. Working with a team of experts in the field, Barrington Stoke have developed their own font which is especially specially designed to make reading as easy as possible for children with dyslexia. They also print all of their books on a thick, off white, non-glare paper to minimise distractions which can make reading more difficult. The print is large and double spaced, with short chapters and short stories created to build confidence. The stories are commissioned by Barrington Stoke, usually from very well known authors, and are written to appeal to older children, but at a much lower reading level than the interest level. This book could easily appeal to adults as well as children.
If you'd like to read more by Cat Clarke, we can recommend [[Undone by Cat Clarke|Undone]] and [[Torn by Cat Clarke|Torn]]. She's also popped in to into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Cat Clarke|to chat to us]]. IT's not dyslexia-friendly, but we've also enjoyed [[Girlhood by Cat Clarke]].
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|name= Margaret Young
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|comment= Thanks, its it's always nice to know how another reader takes the book. I think Falling is a book people would love or hate. I felt both towards the book. It would certainly have many I know in a complete tizzy and ready for good old fashioned book burning, but as bleak and gritty as it is, it is very, very realistic and the book stays with you. It encourages the reader to see things from a different perspective and any book that broadens your outlook has value.
All the best