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| Title | : | Numbers (Num8ers #1) |
| Author | : | Rachel Ward |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 325 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2010 by Chicken House/Scholastic Inc. (first published November 8th 2008) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Paranormal. Science Fiction |
Rachel Ward
Hardcover | Pages: 325 pages Rating: 3.47 | 22176 Users | 2540 Reviews
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Ever since she was child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But while waiting to ride the Eye ferris wheel, Jem is terrified to see that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today's number. Today's date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem's world is about to explode!
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| Original Title: | Numbers |
| ISBN: | 0545142997 (ISBN13: 9780545142991) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Num8ers #1 |
| Characters: | Terry Dawson, Jem Marsh |
| Setting: | London, England,2010(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Prijs van de Jonge Jury Nominee (2011), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2012), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2011), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2010), FAB Award (2010) |
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Ratings: 3.47 From 22176 Users | 2540 ReviewsAssessment Regarding Books Numbers (Num8ers #1)
If you could know the date you were going to die, would you want to know?In a just slightly different now, Jem is a moody teenager in the foster system in London. Her mom was a junkie who died of an overdose. Shes been moved from school to school, and in fact cuts school regularly. She has no friends, and avoids people. But thats not why shes a moody loner. Sort of like the kid from The Sixth Sense, Jem doesnt exactly see dead people, she sees numbers. When she looks someone in the eye, she seesNumbers is yet another victim of misleading marketing. Everything about this book's packaging - the cover, the blurb - screams Sci-Fi! Saving the world! Action! Angsty love! No wonder every negative review of it I've read says - Well, I expected Numbers to be this, but it turned out to be that, so I am totally disappointed.Let me tell you what this novel actually is about. Numbers is a story of two poor, rough British kids who find themselves on the run when, thanks to Jem's ability to see every
I've been going back and forth on how I wanted to rate this book, and I'm still not sure it's worth a full three stars, but that's what it's going to get from me at least for right now. I guess I was expecting something more maybe different from Numbers by Rachel Ward. It wasn't really creepy, dramatic, suspenseful nor intriguing at any grand or significant scale. The story just shifted my suspended reality from here to there with no consistent path or flow, but I never really lost interest, so
Okay, so, usually, I try to be nice about reviewing a book, because writing a novel is hard, but I did not like Numbers. Like, at all.I thought it was a really cool idea, that Jem could see the date of people's deaths, but I feel like that wasn't really the most important part of the plot. It was like, "hey, this girl and her boyfriend are on the run from the police, even though they really didn't do anything wrong, but since they were suspiciously running from the scene before a terrorist
This book was good but some of the sections and details were a bit overused and repeated. I liked how this story ended, as usual. But some of it was sad. I wish it could have given a little more to the story, but other than that this is very good!
plot spoilersDid Not FinishI really debated quitting on pg. 2. Spider (and what kind of name is that? Id like to have an actual name to call the guy instead of some stupid street name) talked like a 5 year old with ADHD, and his appearance was less than pleasing. In fact, it was a turn-off. The word giraffe was used, along with the phrases gangly and lanky, and he had BO. Yep, those are top quality traits in a romantic interest. And I hate the cussing these teenagers are doing, as well as the
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