02294cam a2200349 i 4500 507084867 TxAuBib 20210903120000.0 200416s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020017545 9781534445451 HRD 18.99 1534445455 HRD 18.99 TxAuBib rda Morris, Brittney. Cost of knowing. The cost of knowing [BOOK] / Brittney Morris. First edition. New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2021. 327 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus is trying his best. He tries to be the best employee he can be at the local ice cream shop; the best boyfriend he can be to his amazing girlfriend, Talia; the best protector he can be over his little brother, Isaiah. But as much as Alex tries, he often comes up short. It’s hard to for him to be present when every time he touches an object or person, Alex sees into its future. When he touches a scoop, he has a vision of him using it to scoop ice cream. When he touches his car, he sees it years from now, totaled and underwater. When he touches Talia, he sees them at the precipice of breaking up, and that terrifies him. Alex feels these visions are a curse, distracting him, making him anxious and unable to live an ordinary life. And when Alex touches a photo that gives him a vision of his brother’s imminent death, everything changes. With Alex now in a race against time, death, and circumstances, he and Isaiah must grapple with their past, their future, and what it means to be a young Black man in America in the present. Provided by publisher. Ages 14 up. Simon & Schuster BFYR. Grades 10-12. Simon & Schuster BFYR. 20210903. Clairvoyance Young adult fiction. Racism Young adult fiction. Dating (Social customs) Young adult fiction. African Americans Young adult fiction. Brothers Young adult fiction. Orphans Young adult fiction.