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"The past is only half your story."--Cover. |
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"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Cover. |
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Accelerated Reader UG 5.0 13 512985 |
Summary |
"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, Isiah. 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 a 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 Isiah must grapple with their past, their future, and what it means to be a young Black man in America in the present"-- Dust jacket. |
Audience |
Ages 14 up. Simon Pulse. |
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Grades 10-12. Simon Pulse. |
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780L Lexile |
Other edition |
Online version: Morris, Brittney. The cost of knowing First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. New York : Simon Pulse, 2021 9781534445475 |
Subject |
Clairvoyance -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Brothers -- Fiction.
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Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.
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Racism -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Young adult fiction.
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ISBN |
9781534445451
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1534445455
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