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Just in Case
	Front cover of first edition
Author	Meg Rosoff
Language	English
Genre	Young-adult novel
Publisher	Penguin Books
Publication date	3 August 2006
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	231 pp (first edition)
ISBN	978-0-14-138078-0
OCLC	224849493

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Just in Case is a young-adult novel by Meg Rosoff published by Penguin in 2006. Its adolescent protagonist David Case spends the majority of the book attempting to avoid fate. It received generally positive reviews.

Rosoff won the annual Carnegie Medal in Literature, recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K.^[1] Just in Case also won the German Jugendliteraturpreis and made the shortlist for the Booktrust Teenage Prize ^[2] and the Costa award. In the U.S., it was named a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association.^[3]

Plot summary

The book is set in Luton, Bedfordshire^[4] where fifteen-year-old David Case rescues his younger brother from nearly falling out of an open window. Scared by the experience, David starts to see danger everywhere, believes that Fate is stalking him, and so decides to change his entire identity. He alters his name to Justin, adopts a new wardrobe, seeks out new friends, acquires an invisible dog, all in the hope of avoiding Fate. His new moody, self-absorbed persona attracts attention, not all of it good, and Fate is not fooled at all.

The title and David's adopted name Justin Case refer to his preparation phobia.

References

^ (Carnegie Winner 2007). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
^ Booktrust Teenage Prize
^ American Library Association (2007). "2007 Best Books for Young Adults". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
^ Just in Case at the author's website

External links

Just in Case in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Awards
Preceded by Tamar	Carnegie Medal recipient 2007	Succeeded by Here Lies Arthur

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[medal2007-1] (Carnegie Winner 2007). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-29.

[2] Booktrust Teenage Prize

[3] American Library Association (2007). "2007 Best Books for Young Adults". Retrieved 2011-02-03.

[4] Just in Case at the author's website

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+| publisher     = [[Penguin Books]]
-| pub_date      = August 3, 2006
+| pub_date      = 3 August 2006
-| pages         = 240 pp
+| pages         = 231 pp (first edition) <!--WorldCat-->
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-'''''Just in Case''''' is a [[young adult literature|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.
+'''''Just in Case''''' is a [[young-adult novel]] by [[Meg Rosoff]] published by Penguin in 2006. Its [[adolescent]] [[protagonist]] David Case spends the majority of the book attempting to avoid fate. It received generally positive reviews.
-It won the [[Carnegie Medal in Literature|Carnegie Medal]],<ref>[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards]</ref> and Germany's [[Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis|Jugendliteraturpreis]], as well as being shortlisted for the [[Booktrust Teenage Prize]] <ref>[http://www.booktrust.org.uk/show/feature/Prizes%20and%20awards/Booktrust-Teenage-Prize Booktrust Teenage Prize]</ref> and the Costa award.  Just in Case received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association.<ref>{{cite web|author=American Library Association|date=2007|title=2007 Best Books for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/07bbya.cfm|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>
+Rosoff won the annual [[Carnegie Medal in Literature]], recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K.<ref name=medal2007/> ''Just in Case'' also won the German [[Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis|Jugendliteraturpreis]] and made the shortlist for the [[Booktrust Teenage Prize]] <ref>[http://www.booktrust.org.uk/show/feature/Prizes%20and%20awards/Booktrust-Teenage-Prize Booktrust Teenage Prize]</ref> and the Costa award. In the U.S., it was named a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association.<ref>{{cite web|author=American Library Association|date=2007|title=2007 Best Books for Young Adults|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/07bbya.cfm|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref>
 ==Plot summary==
-The book is set in [[Luton]],<ref>[http://www.megrosoff.co.uk/books/just-in-case/ ''Just in Case'' at the author's website]</ref> where fifteen-year-old David Case rescues his younger brother from nearly falling out of an open window. Scared by the experience, David starts to see danger everywhere, believes that Fate is stalking him, and so decides to change his entire identity. He alters his name to Justin, adopts a new wardrobe, seeks out new friends, acquires an invisible dog, all in the hope of avoiding Fate. His new moody, self-absorbed persona attracts attention, not all of it good, and Fate is not fooled at all.
+The book is set in [[Luton]], [[Bedfordshire]]<ref>[http://www.megrosoff.co.uk/books/just-in-case/ ''Just in Case'' at the author's website]</ref> where fifteen-year-old David Case rescues his younger brother from nearly falling out of an open window. Scared by the experience, David starts to see danger everywhere, believes that Fate is stalking him, and so decides to change his entire identity. He alters his name to Justin, adopts a new wardrobe, seeks out new friends, acquires an invisible dog, all in the hope of avoiding Fate. His new moody, self-absorbed persona attracts attention, not all of it good, and Fate is not fooled at all.
+The title and David's adopted name Justin Case refer to his preparation phobia.
+==See also==
+{{Portal bar |Children's literature}} <!-- delete "bar" when there are about two ordinary See also -->
 ==References==
+{{reflist |refs=
-{{Reflist}}
+<ref name=medal2007>
+[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=121 (Carnegie Winner 2007)]. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. [[CILIP]]. Retrieved 2012-07-29.</ref>
+}}
+==External links==
+{{worldcat |oclc=224849493 }}
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