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Gr 9 Up—In a not-so-distant future, every person knows from tests performed on hair and blood at birth what day he or she will die. As the book begins, Denton knows that tomorrow is his deathdate and he is as ready as a person can be in this rather weird situation. His family has planned the funeral and the "sitting," the wait for death to come. Denton attends the funeral, but as far as the sitting, he has other plans—time with his friends and girlfriends, some alcohol, smoking pot, sex—much better ways of spending his last day of Earth th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In seventeen-year-old Denton's world, AstroThanatoGenetics makes it possible -- and the U.S. government makes it mandatory -- to find out the date of a person's death at the time of his or her birth, though the exact moment and cause of death remain a surprise. Funerals take place the day before death and end in dance parties, and many families spend deathdates in "Sittings" while they wait for whatever will befall their loved ones. Denton, an "Early" (because his deathdate ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In seventeen-year-old Denton's world, AstroThanatoGenetics makes it possible to find out the date of a person's death at birth, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More