Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
327 pages ; 22 cm |
Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
Audience |
Ages 12 up. Simon & Schuster BFYR. |
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Grades 7 up. Simon & Schuster BFYR. |
Summary |
Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus's curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when he sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death, and circumstances to save him. |
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"Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus is trying his best. He tries to be the best employee he can be at the local ice cream shop; the best boyfriend he can be to his amazing girlfriend, Talia; the best protector he can be to his little brother, Isaiah. But as much as Alex tries, he often comes up short. It's hard for him to be present when every time he touches an object or person, Alex sees into its future. When he touches a scoop, he has a vision of him using it to scoop ice cream. When he touches his car, he sees it years from now, totaled and underwater. When he touches Talia, he sees them at the precipice of breaking up, and that terrifies him. Alex feels these visions are a curse, distracting him, making him anxious and unable to live an ordinary life. And when Alex touches a photo that gives him a vision of his brother's imminent death, everything changes. With Alex now in a race against time, death, and circumstances, he and Isaiah must grapple with their past, their future, and what it means to be a young Black man in America in the present."--Jacket. |
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Clairvoyance -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Dating (Social customs) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
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Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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Clairvoyance -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Brothers -- Fiction.
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Dating -- Fiction.
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Racism -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism.
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings.
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black.
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Genre/Form |
Young adult fiction.
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Paranormal fiction.
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Science fiction.
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ISBN |
9781534445451 (hardcover) |
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1534445455 (hardcover) |
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