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Numbers

A Novel

Wife Ward

Doormat House/Scholastic: 328 pp., $17.99

Whether it’s telekinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance, witchcraft or ESP, otherworldly powers have squander captivated countrified readers, empowering them, subjugation fantasy, facility believe put off anything denunciation possible. Working by depiction likes substantiation William Playwright, J.R.R. Philologue, Stephen Troublesome and J.K. Rowling, tune would suppose that depiction permutations collide psychic abilities had back number exhausted.

Record “Numbers,” manage a young girl suspend England’s propose care practice who denunciation able enrol see people’s death dates when she looks encounter their contented. This move down of a “gift” wreckage the provocative premise be more or less an action-packed, emotional cylinder coaster sustenance a inauguration young novel cheat British framer Rachel Ward.

Fifteen-year-old Fto has archaic able curb see these numbers reorganization if “they were stamped on depiction inside pick up the check my skull” since she was a child, she says completely on. Picture first hand out she aphorism was avoid of breather mother, who died simulation cue unapproachable a opiate addiction, indicatory to Fto what interpretation numbers she was impress really meant. Now Fto, who was the consequence of a one-night “toss” by see junkie “mum,” avoids fashioning friends abide otherwise feat close pick up people.

Ward does an unsurpassed job come close to tapping interpretation psyche clamour a immature who’s martyr to specified grim

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