![]() ![]() The story unfolds as one day, when Jem and Spider are about to ride the Ferris wheel, she notices that the people lining up for their turns flash the same number- the current date. The story is set in England, where the protagonist, a troubled teen, is given the ability to see a number- the date when a person is going to die- once she looks into the person's eyes.Īwfully aware of her curse, Jem tries to avoid people and relationships, until she opens up to her classmate Spider, a perseverant boy who insists on knowing more about her. In the tradition of dark young adult novels, Rachel Ward enters the scene with Numbers, a bleak story about 15-year-old Jem, who has the ability to predict the exact date of people's deaths. ![]()
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May 2023
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