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Home / Fiction & Poetry / Fiction / Young Adult / The Cost of Knowing

The Cost of Knowing

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16-year-old Alex Rufus lives with his younger brother, Isaiah, in a quiet neighbourhood in Chicago. But recently, the neighbours are on high-alert – whenever they see someone they don’t think looks safe, they take matters into their own hands, often calling the cops without reason. Alex starts taking on more shifts at the local ice-cream shop, Scoops, and spending time with his girlfriend, Talia. But then, Alex starts experiencing visions of the future whenever he touches objects or the people around him. And when he picks up a family photo, he has a vision that his younger brother, Isaiah, is going to die – he can’t tell how, but he knows it will be soon. All Alex wants is to protect Isiah, but how can he protect him in the present, when he knows the dangers of the future? And how will he ensure Isaiah’s place in it, when the one place he felt protected, his neighbourhood, doesn’t feel like home anymore?

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SKU: 9781444951745 Category: Young Adult Tags: Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage), Thrillers (Children's / Teenage) Publisher/imprint : Hodder Children's Books
Page count : 327
Published on 11th March, 2021
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Description

From the acclaimed author of SLAY, comes a gripping novel, about brothers, grief, and what it means to be a young Black man in America. For fans of Dear Martin and They Both Die at the End.

Sixteen year old Alex Rufus lives with his younger brother, Isaiah, in a quiet neighbourhood in Chicago. But recently their neighbours have started calling the cops on anyone who doesn’t look like their version of safe.

Alex starts avoiding his neighbourhood by taking on more shifts at the local ice-cream shop, Scoops, and spending time with his girlfriend, Talia. But when Alex picks up an old family photo, everything changes: he has an intense vision that Isaiah might die.

Alex wants to save Isaiah, but he knows the dangers of the future. How will he protect his brother when the street they grew up on doesn’t feel like home anymore?

A story that speaks to hard truths about race, prejudice, and the inherent injustice that permeates the world we live in.

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Weight 0.276 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.6 × 2.8 cm
Author

Morris, Brittney

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Imprint

Hodder Children's Books

Cover

Paperback

Pages

327

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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