What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Book about child who remembers existence before birth. The child’s name is also the title, both begin with “O”. The child doesn’t have that little depression in the upper lip which is where the angel touches a person just before birth and says “forget.”

Robin, as you saw in the popup box when you posted, please tell us around what year you read it.

Is this a children's book? If so, is it a chapter book? picture book (what kind of pictures?)?

Prince Ombra by Roderick MacLeish seems to match your description.

One Goodreads reviewer says, "...when all people are born, an angel puts its finger on our lips and tells us to not say what we know about our after & previous lives - which is why we all have clefts on our upper lips. But every few generations there is someone born without that cleft, a great warrior who remembers all his past lives, and knows that he will someday battle Prince Ombra, who causes all evil in the world."

www.librarything.com/tag/child,reinca... = Tagmash search

Here's the Amazon "Look Inside" preview of Prince Ombra by Roderick MacLeish - https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Ombra-R... There are different cover images.

Robin, are you still looking for this or did you find it?