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346 pp.
| Knopf |
April, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-553-49696-3$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-553-49697-0$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-553-49698-7
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YA
In seventeen-year-old Denton's world, AstroThanatoGenetics makes it possible to find out the date of a person's death at birth, though not the exact moment and cause. Denton spends his deathdate, which happens to be the day of his senior prom, wondering how he'll go. There's dark humor in spades here, along with fully developed relationships and a mystery that will keep pages turning.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2015