num_pages: 336
description: A novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future whose life turns upside down when he foresees his younger brothers imminent death.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.Its 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 brothers 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.
language: English
title: The Cost of Knowing
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers