EAN: 9781534496439

THE COST OF KNOWING - BRITTNEY MORRIS KARTONIER...

Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping  evocative novel about a Black teen
who has the power to see into the future  whose life turns upside down when he foresees his
younger brother's imminent death  from the acclaimed author of SLAY.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 over
his little brother  Isaiah. But as much as Alex tries  he often comes up short.It's hard to 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.

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