4.5

If a mysterious fortune teller had predicted your exact date of death, and you were a child when you heard this, how would it affect you? Would your self-worth be affected? Would you label yourself forever more as someone who would live a long/short life? Would it affect your decisions?

Personally, I would label this psychological abuse. However, in this story it happens to four children, who are siblings. And each one of them will never forget the predicted date. What ensues is an engrossing story of each life, and at the end, it is the reader who must consider what was destiny and what was free choice.

This is wonderfullly written novel, and would be an excellent pick for a book discussion group. I recommend it!