'Breathtaking.one of the most moving books I've read in ages. 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. 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.Born in Guyana, Cath Moore is of Irish/Afro-Caribbean. 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. 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. One that will be broken when he leaves her with the family she has never known. 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. A warm, funny, and original look at families lost and found, this Own Voices novel celebrates the resilience of the human heart and the meaning of home.A road trip with unlikely companions, a girl with a unique way of seeing the world, a great loss and a struggle of identity Metal Fish, Falling Snow is an Own Voices YA debut that packs a punchĭylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to France. Dziekan was able to get the parking areas and most of the pathways cleared. Metal Fish, Falling Snow is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Young Adult Book Prize. Access Area Maintenance: Access Manager Daniel Dziekan was at Eloika Lake and reported a huge chunk of ice and rock that was left over from the county’s plowing efforts. Metal Fish, Falling Snow is about a young girl’s search for an identity as she navigates unthinkable grief. 2 days ago &0183 &32 Providing Recreation Opportunities. As they pass through remote towns further and further from the water Dylan longs for, she and Pat form an unlikely bond: a bond that will be broken when Pat leaves Dylan with a family she has never known. When she loses her mother in a freak accident, Dylan finds herself on a very different journey: a road trip across the Australian outback in the care of her mother’s grieving boyfriend, Pat. Paris, Dylan imagines, is a place where her black skin won’t make her stand out, a place where she might feel she belongs. But it won’t last…ĭylan dreams of sailing across the ocean to France with her mother. An outback road-trip with her mum’s grieving boyfriend sees an unlikely bond develop.

When her mother dies, Dylan struggles to find her identity.

Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore