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Probability of Everything, The
Sarah Everett
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Clarion Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-325655-2
Keywords: Families, End of the World, Asteroids, Time Capsules, Death
Believing that there are only four days until the end of the earth, Kemi, an 11-year-old Nigerian American, puts together a time capsule with objects from family members. In reality, it is a very different end she is mourning.