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Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him. And he's right. After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new... read more

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  • Justin Case/David Case: ... the main character -- he is terrified of fate, and so changes his identity to try and escape it.
  • Agnes Bee: ... a young photographer/ fashion designer who Justin falls in love with.
  • Peter Prince: ... a friend of Justin's who runs track. he is all that Justin wants to be.
  • Dorothea Prince: ... Peter's younger sister. She is very blunt and observant.
  • Charlie Case: ... Justin's baby brother. He is more perceptive than others may think.
  • Alice: ... the Prince's family rabbit. HE is huge.
  • Anna: ... the youngest of the Prince family. She grows very attached to Justin.
  • Boy: ... Justin/ David's imaginary greyhound
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  • “Later that day Justin thought back on their conversation and wondered whether the things that killed you were not only the crashes and explosions from without, but the bombs buried deep inside, the bombs ticking quietly in your bowel or you liver or your heart, year after year, that you yourself had swallowed or absorbed, and allowed to grow.”

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  1. Meg Rosoff (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Country: England
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0141380780
Page Count: 240

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Reading Level: Young Adults

This book is NOT for little kids -- it contains violence, death and underage sex. I'd give this a rating of PG-13, and that's being pretty permissive.


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