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Violence
Some
Bomb threat and its aftermath; characters in physical danger; deaths of characters
Language
Barely any
Some mild profanity; urban teen dialogue
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic moments; teen attraction
Substance Use
Barely any
Characters from disadvantaged backgrounds; some drug reference in backstory
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Death awareness as a constant psychological burden; trauma; fatalism versus agency
What this book is about
Jem has always known when people will die—she sees the date in their eyes. When she and her friend Spider flee London after a bomb threat, she realizes something terrible is coming. Rachel Ward's debut YA thriller confronts mortality, fate, and whether knowing the future changes it.
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Death as a central theme
Bomb threat and explosion
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