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Num8ers by Rachel Ward. Num8ers trilogy #1. 328 p. Chicken House/ Scholastic Inc. February 2010. 9780545142991. (Own.)
#tbt features Num8ers by Rachel Ward. This YA thriller was published in 2010 and is the first of a trilogy set in London, England. Jem avoids looking people in the eye. As soon as she doe, she sees numbers. As a young girl, she never knew what the numbers stood for - until her mother died on the date that appeared every time Jem looked at her. She was six. Now sixteen, she's bounced around in foster care, has been labeled a troubled teen and skips her special education classes as often as she attends. She just can't let anyone close. But a boy in her class named Spider does get close and his death date is very close. Still, Jem decides to take a chance. The two plan on riding the London Eye until Jem notices that all the people on line have the same death date on their forehead. She realizes that something is going to happen and so she grabs Spider and they run just in time to avoid the explosion of a bomb. Unfortunately, the act of their fleeing make them the prime suspects in the terror attack. if you're a reader who lies action, this edge-of-your seat thriller will satisfy.
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