Catch You If You Fall

"What stayed with me most is the emotional honesty at the heart of the story ... I admire how you trust young readers to engage with complex realities, faith, identity, injustice, climate anxiety, without simplifying them or offering easy resolutions. That kind of respect for the reader stays with people long after the final page." -Susanna Clarke, author of Piranesi.

At the edge of adulthood, three best friends must face their deepest fears or stand to lose all they hold dear.

Hashim has spent his life balancing faith, family loyalty, and the quiet parts of himself he's never dared to name. But when an arranged marriage threatens to decide his future for him, silence is no longer an option. Choosing honesty could cost him his family, And the sense of belonging he's always clung to.

Alex fears being left behind as the world shifts beneath their feet. Maryam refuses to stay quiet in the face of injustice, even when standing up comes at a personal cost. As intolerance grows and political inaction puts their generation's future at risk, their friendship is tested in ways they never expected.

Set against the fragile moment after graduation, when the future feels both wide open and terrifying, The Rise Up Trilogy is a powerful coming-of-age story about identity, courage, and friendship under pressure.

Inspirational, intense, and deeply moving, this is a story for readers who believe that telling the truth still matters