The Mark
General Audience:
Young Adult
Genre:
Call Number:
YA - Fiction
Features:
Average size, slightly small font, adequate amount of white space, easy to read
Cover Notes :
Mysterious, attractive cover. Definitely directed toward teen girls.
Blurb Notes:
"A thoughtful exploration of fate and free will.... The engrossing narration and realistic characters create a deep, lingering story." - Publishers Weekly
"Nadol has interwoven an absorbing and thoughtful philosophical dilemma with a YA romance." - Booklist
Beginning, Middle, & End :
Beginning - Haunting... the protagonist is faced with a dilemma... She has a unique gift, which allows her to know when a person is about to die - today. She sets out to face the dilemma...
Middle - Similar to the beginning
End - Can make out that there are more books coming up
Style :
Serious
Pacing :
Medium paced
Format :
First person narrative
Characters :
Cassandra Renfield (mostly called Cassie throughout the novel)
Setting :
Present day
Theme :
Death, fate, fantasy, paranomal, supernatural
Focus :
Character driven
Read-a-Likes :
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus, Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis, Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves, The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Hook :
The mark enables Cassie to see people who are going to die today...
Brief Annotation :
Cassie sees a glowing mark on certain people and later realizes that she sees it on people who are about to die that very day... With this unique "gift", Cassie is faced with a dilemma... should she tell someone they are about to die?
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