Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
Nick is tormented by visions of "future memories," and although he can risk changing these events if he goes "off script," the results are often worse than what he has seen, but when he meets Taryn one summer at the Jersey shore he begins to understand where this hated power comes from and what it means.
Is Touched appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A teen boy with precognitive visions struggles with the burden of knowing future events he cannot safely change, finding answers when he meets a mysterious girl at the Jersey shore. Themes of fate, identity, and the isolation of being different; mild content appropriate for YA readers.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include anxiety and mental manipulation.
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with Nick's struggle to be normal while grappling with supernatural powers he never wanted, plus a summer romance that might hold the key to understanding his abilities.