Just in Case by Meg RosoffWendy Lamb Books (Random House), 2006

David Case is anxious—more than anxious, actually: he’s convinced that fate is out to get him. So he decides to change entirely, beginning with his name (now Justin Case), to hide from his fate, whatever it is: never mind that, as one of his friends puts is, “If there really is some supernatural force out to get you, you’re not exactly going to fool it by pretending to be someone else” (166). I like the unexplained strangenesses in this book: Justin’s (imaginary?) pet greyhound, odd moments of telepathy or near-telepathy.