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Synopsis
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In this intriguing look at the afterlife, a 15-year-old victim of a hit-and-run is devastated that she won't have a future on Earth and is unable to embrace her new existence in Elsewhere.
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About the Author
Gabrielle Zevin is the author of award-winning books for young adults including Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, and books for adults including The Hole We're In and Margarettown. She was also the screenwriter for Conversations with Other Women, which received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Of her writing, The New York Times Book Review said, "Zevin's touch is marvelously light even as she considers profundities." A dog lover and Harvard graduate, she lives in New York City.
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From Elsewhere
"It can be particularly difficult for young people to realize they are dead," Aldous says.
"Why is that?"
"Young people tend to think they're immortal. Many of them can't conceive of themselves as dead, Elizabeth."
Aldous proceeds to go through all the things Liz would have to do in the next several months. Dying seems to entail a great deal more work than Liz initially thought. In a way, dying isn't that different from school.
"Have you put any thought into an avocation?" Aldous asks her.
Liz shrugs. "Not really. I didn't really have a job on Earth, because I was still in school.'
"Oh no no no," Aldous says, "an avocation is not a job. A job has to do with prestige! Money! An avocation is something a person does to make their soul complete."
Liz rolls her eyes.
"I see by your expression you don't believe me," Aldous says. "It appears I've got a fourteen-year-old cynic on my hands."
"Fifteen," Liz corrects him.
"Is there anything you particularly loved on Earth?"
Liz shrugs.
"Anything, anything at all?"
"Animals, maybe something with animals or dogs," Liz says finally, thinking of her prized pug, Lucy, back on Earth.
"Marvelous!" crows Aldous. "I'm sure I could find you something fabulous to do with dogs!"
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- PublisherTurtleback Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1417781289
- ISBN 13 9781417781287
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages304
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