Just In Case by Meg Rosoff

David Case is an ordinary boy, in a normal family. But shock appears when he saves his younger brother from a near death situation, after this he is positive something cannot be right...

David comes to the conclusion that fate is after him and he has to give everything to stop it, this becomes his new obsession. To try and fool fate, he changes his name, appearance and lifestyle, but even after this he can see fate catching up with him. Near death experiences for Justin (his new name) jump up randomly, although we do not see them coming, Justin does. He goes on adventures, finds new things and strange events occur. As time runs out, or so he thinks, he finds new people he think be able to trick fate too, his new love, new friends and his imaginary dog. Soon after, fate has just about caught Justin, but what will happen to him?

"He became enmired in what if. The weight of it wrapped itself around his ankles and dragged him under."


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I would give this book 4 stars, this is because it was unique in comparisson to other books that I have read, and I did not want to put the book down as there was a lot of suspense. I did not give it 5 stars because in some chapters it was not as interesting.