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Everfound (Skinjacker #3)

by Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)

4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 · rating details · 3,159 ratings · 434 reviews

While Mary lies in a glass coffin aboard a ghost train heading west, her minions are awaiting her re-awakening by bringing lots of new souls into Everlost to serve her. Meanwhile Jackin’ Jill has met Jix, a fur-jacker—a skin jacker who can take over the bodies of animals, most notably jaguars. Jix serves a Mayan god who collects Everlost coins, and has his own agenda. In t...more

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Published May 3rd 2011 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

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Aug 15, 2011 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-ya-ya, honourable-mentions

EDIT 8/15/11
So today I finished Everfound and um...words? They do not suffice.

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I shall be needing to know the conclusion to this amazing story, of a psychotic and demented power-hungry girl, of a once-human boy made of chocolate, of dead girls and a Russian boy who can steal bodies and come back to life, of a boy who can turn into a hideous monster at will, of ghostly cities of majestic buildings long gone, and of a fascinating world of countless unexplored mysteries and spine-tingling...more

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Jun 22, 2011 Amber is currently reading it

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

MAY?!?!?!?!?!!?

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May 21, 2011 ♥ Susan Dodge-Doak rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-horror-scifi, young-adult

Love it. Sad to see it end. Hope for life beyond the trilogy?

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Jun 20, 2011 Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 5-star-books, books-of-summer-11, favorites, ghosts, addicting-as-crack, young-adult, romance-done-correctly, fantasy, paranormal, romance

I can't do this book justice. I can't. I've been putting off this review for two days and thinking about this book non-stop and I still don't know what the heck I'm supposed to say! I haven't felt this emotional and mind-blown by a book since I read Monsters of Men, which is the third/final book in the incredible Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness. Chaos Walking has been my absolute favorite series for a while now, but after reading Everfound, the Skinjackers trilogy might just be competing fo...more

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Jun 16, 2013 Melanie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, kick-ass-character, action, young-adult, romance

This was the best book of the Everlost series. Maybe coz it has more humour? I dunno but having a baby like Chocolate Ogre was seriously cool. TYhis is the last instalment of the Skinjacker series and it is sooooooooooooooo imaginative. I love how everything clicks up in the end making me feel suprisingly pleased at the end. I said in my last rrview on Everwild that I hated the romance but this is what I also loved about this book. Not everything might be right in the end for Jix, Jill, Allie, N...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Duffy Pratt rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens, fantasy

I liked this book even more than the first two, and I found the ending almost completely satisfying. Mostly, Shusterman has done a wonderful job at creating a fantastic world, and then filling it with a host of memorable characters, from Ally the Outcast, to Mary Hightower the Skywitch, to Nick the Chocolate Ogre, to Mikey McGill the one true monster of Everlost, and even down to more minor characters like Jix, Jackin Jill, Milos and even ones like Speedo or Moose and Squirrel.

There are points o...more I liked this book even more than the first two, and I found the ending almost completely satisfying. Mostly, Shusterman has done a wonderful job at creating a fantastic world, and then filling it with a host of memorable characters, from Ally the Outcast, to Mary Hightower the Skywitch, to Nick the Chocolate Ogre, to Mikey McGill the one true monster of Everlost, and even down to more minor characters like Jix, Jackin Jill, Milos and even ones like Speedo or Moose and Squirrel.

There are points of the book where Shusterman is just showing off and having fun, and these are truly funny. One that comes to mind is a short account of Vary's misadventures since the first book, when he flips from Atlantis to Pompeii to the Titanic, and so forth, and gets kicked out of each. It's hilarious stuff.

In this book, Mary becomes almost wholly evil and unlikeable. But Shusterman never loses sight of the fact that she is actually a tragic figure in the old sense. She was destined for greatness but is the victim of her own tragic flaw. In her case, the main flaw is her absolute certainty that she is right, and Shusterman seems to hint that this might be the main source of evil in general.

Most of the end of this book takes on the same flavor I imagine Nick to have: bittersweet. But that is my favorite kind of chocolate, and it fits well with this kind of book as well.

There is one fairly serious flaw I found with the book, but it doesn't detract from my enjoyment of it: (view spoiler)(less)

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Jan 28, 2013 Lark rated it 3 of 5 stars

The culmination of this trilogy. Love is found, love is reunited, the armies face off, a weapon of mass destruction is detonated, spirits are exorcised, and good wins at the end of the day.

This is actually the first time I have given the last book a higher rating than the previous ones. It's strengths lie in the fact that the book does not skimp on new characters - bringing a new life to each story. While I would have wished I could learn about Allie and Nick better, to be quite frank, Shusterma...more

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Oct 30, 2012 Cindy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Well, the premise of this trilogy became trying by the second novel and it continued to be with this final installment. It took me so long to finish because I just didn't want to read it. I was disturbed by the grandscale murders. I was happy to see some resolutions, particularly Allie's. So, it was ok enough.

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"The air of Everlost is a direct result of the living, and is a blend of many things. The first breath of a baby and the last breawth of a life well-lived...every sigh o...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

Neal Shusterman has just won over a new fan! I love this philosophical trilogy that is the most unique fantasy novel I have read. The setting is a place where children go after they die but for various reasons, don't reach "the light at the end of the tunnel". Instead they arrive in "Everlost" where they must determine their existance with weakening knowledge from their life before death and only faith of what their final destination might be - just as Wordsworth describes in his Ode from "Intim...more

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Jun 02, 2012 Tiffany Cooke rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, fantasy

First, you should know I love Neal Shusterman. Second, I usually hate sequels and trilogies. Third, I hate the second book, Everwild.
I also have a strange obsession with rereading all of the books in the series before I read the new book so I can truly appreciate the nuances in the new book. Since it is a school library book, and the end of the year, I reread the series quickly. Everlost is one of my all time favorite books. Everwild is the only Neal Shusterman book I do not like.
When Everfo...more First, you should know I love Neal Shusterman. Second, I usually hate sequels and trilogies. Third, I hate the second book, Everwild.
I also have a strange obsession with rereading all of the books in the series before I read the new book so I can truly appreciate the nuances in the new book. Since it is a school library book, and the end of the year, I reread the series quickly. Everlost is one of my all time favorite books. Everwild is the only Neal Shusterman book I do not like.
When Everfound starts, Nick is still a puddle of chocolate, Mary is encased in a glass coffin like Snow White, and Milos is trying to kill as many children as possible to fulfill Mary's evil plan. In her own, twisted way, she truly believes she is saving the children from a fate worse than Everlost - death.
Unfortunately, Milos is not Mary. He is not charismatic or protective or reassuring. He is not enough of anything. The kids desert him quickly. Milos resolves to kill more children to replace them. He must prove his love to Mary when she awakes by ensuring her kingdom. Luckily Mikey, Jix, Nick, and Allie are there to do what they can to stop Milos and Mary from destroying the living world.
I liked the book, but I didn't love it. I missed the characters I fell in love with in Everlost. Like the living children in my life, they grew up and moved on, even after death.
One of my favorite parts of the book is seeing Nick begin to resemble a boy when he remembers the love he shares with Mary. Love can change even the most horrific aspects of ourselves into the most human. Love can conquer all.
My favorite character in the book is a jukebox machine called Wurlitzer. If you feed it the coin you died with, it plays you a song, but the lyrics seal your fate. Like the fortune cookies in Everlost, this idea of fate vs. coincidence complicates the story line and makes me think in a new way. How much of what we dismiss as coincidences are actually messages to ourselves about the lives we are living? Are these markers left to remind us of the path we should choose or are they only our mind's need to find meaning in the chaos?
This book and the series make me think. What is life? What is a soul? Can your belief in something, even if that belief is wrong, be strong enough to kill you? What fates are worse than death? Is killing an evil person justified or is it still murder?
It is definitely worth the read, although it is too long for reluctant readers at 500 pages. If you love Everlost or Neal Shusterman, you will like this book. Note - You cannot read it without having read the other books in the series first. (less)

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Jan 28, 2012 Jenben8426 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

Time is running short as the Skinjacker trilogy comes to an end. Mary's army, waiting for her to awake once again to the world of Everlost, is on the move West with Milos at the head. Allie has been taken prisoner and Mikey and Nick are on the move trying to find her. When Jix, a strange skinjacker who takes residence into animals joins up with the strange party, the world of Everlost comes to a striking parting of ways. Will Mary's plan to destroy the living world actually happen or will things...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Reading Teen rated it 5 of 5 stars

What an extraordinary imagination! What world-building ability!! This series is just absolutely fascinating!! By the time I was in the third book, I would find myself throwing around skinjacker lingo with my kids that if people overheard, they'd think I had lost my mind. Neal Shusterman did such a phenomenal job of slowly introducing new terminology, and "Everlost laws" that it became commonplace for me, and I was completely entrenched in Everlost.

I love how Neal is able to have so many differe...more

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Oct 03, 2011 Neal Shusterman added it · (Review from the author)

This isn’t actually a review, because it would be weird to review my own book – but I thought people might be interested in knowing some of the things that went on in the writing process -- sort of a deconstruction of how the book was put together.

I’m going backwards – that is beginning with my most recent books, and working my way back in time, since the most recent ones are more fresh in my mind.

EVERFOUND.

This was a tough one to write. I learned from writing SHATTERED SKY, that the third book...more This isn’t actually a review, because it would be weird to review my own book – but I thought people might be interested in knowing some of the things that went on in the writing process -- sort of a deconstruction of how the book was put together.

I’m going backwards – that is beginning with my most recent books, and working my way back in time, since the most recent ones are more fresh in my mind.

EVERFOUND.

This was a tough one to write. I learned from writing SHATTERED SKY, that the third book of a trilogy is ridiculously difficult. In the first two books, you create all these story lines and characters, and by the time you get to the third, it becomes so unwieldy, it’s hard to wrangle it all in. When I began Everfound, I knew where it was going. Sort of. I knew it was all going to culminate in this grand battle between Mary Hightower, and our heroes, (I won’t give too many details, because they’d be spoilers). The question was, how do I get there. How do I weave in Charlie and Johnny-O, who are adrift for most of the story in the Hindenburg, circling the world. How do I bring Nick and Mikey back together with Allie? And what is the grand event that gives the reader the breathtaking conclusion I want. I decided early on that I would not settle until each of these books was better than the previous one, so I had a tall order for EVERFOUND.
My first problem was the fact that I found myself more interested in the new characters, Jix, and Clarence, than I was with the existing characters. Not because I don’t like the existing characters, but it’s more fun to explore the lives of new characters than revisit the ones you already know. My first battle was to not let Jix’s story take over the entire book, which it kept wanting to do.
Originally I had envisioned a whole major part of the story taking place in Atlantis, which still exists in Everlost, but it became very impractical to go there. It only gets a brief mention. Much more interesting, and doable was the great Mayan city of Chichen Itza, the ruins of which I visited while writing the book as part of my research.
About halfway through the book, I hit a major block – which usually happens in the middle of any book I write, but this time it was a real killer. I just couldn’t figure out how to bring the threads together, or even where it was all leading to anymore. I went on a three day writing retreat, taking a cabin aboard the Queen Mary, an old ocean liner that’s permanently docked in Long Beach, CA. It’s classic Art Deco style, and its history of ghost sightings made it the perfect place to write a story about dead kids. Let me tell you, the hallways, and deserted old salons are amazingly creepy! I sat in one of those old titanic-like dining salons to write. What great ambiance!
For two days I labored to break through my block, but kept throwing away what I wrote. Then, when I was in deep despair, thinking I was at a dead end, I woke up in my cabin at 3:00 AM, and I swear to you, the rest of the book started playing like a movie in my head. The puzzle pieces all fell together! I knew what had to happen, where it had to happen, and how it would happen! I was so excited I couldn’t sleep, so I got up and started writing, and didn’t stop until noon, when I practically collapsed from exhaustion! The suffering was worth the epiphany!
What I’m really proud of with EVERFOUND is how the climax works. My goal was to make it all fit together like the gear works of a watch. Every single character plays a crucial part – if any of those characters aren’t there, then the whole thing would fall apart. Nothing is left to chance, every single character is part of a larger whole that they can’t see – but when it fits together, the cascading series of events in the climax was fantastic fun to write, and I hope you’ll find it fun to read, too!
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Aug 22, 2011 kari rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, ya

The final book in this series ramps up the action much more than the first two books and keeps everything moving forward at a good pace.
One of the things I have to give Shusterman great credit for is bringing in new characters, making them a part of the central action and even a central character while not taking away from the other characters.
The new character of Jix was a great addition and he's more thoughtful than most of the others. He waits and watches until he can figure out which side...more The final book in this series ramps up the action much more than the first two books and keeps everything moving forward at a good pace.
One of the things I have to give Shusterman great credit for is bringing in new characters, making them a part of the central action and even a central character while not taking away from the other characters.
The new character of Jix was a great addition and he's more thoughtful than most of the others. He waits and watches until he can figure out which side he wants to be on or if he even wants to pick a side. The descriptions of him are so spot on. I can see him watching the action, much like a cat, just observing.
There are again several threads running through the story, continuing from the last book.
Mary is still bent on world domination and the desctruction of the living world.
Nick, Mikey, Allie along with some old and some new allies are desperate to stop her and her minions.
With all these threads going in different directions, the plot could have been hard to follow, but Shusterman handles it perfectly. You are always aware that a story is being told, with bits interspersed to explain locations or ideas.
There is a basic philosophical question that runs through the series. What would you do to make the world a better place? Or perhaps the question should be what would you do to make your vision of the world a better place or to create the world you want?
Would you be willing to kill?
Would you be willing to kill someone because they are evil or would you be willing to kill to prevent a greater evil?
Would you be willing to sacrifice thousands or millions or billions of innocent lives to achieve your goal?
Would you sacrifice the person you love to achieve your goal? If you're capable of great evil are you even capable of love? Or if the evil you create is in the name of love, what does that say?
Lots of great questions in this book and it would be a good choice for a reading group because of all the themes and questions.
Really well done.
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Aug 18, 2011 Melanie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was epic. There's no other way to put it, it was an absolutely epic ending to a really awesome series. It's quite a bit thicker than the first two books, but it's worth every page. The plot was intense, and gives you quite a chill at times. With the back-and-forth war with Mary and Allie/Nick/Jix/others deciding the fate of everyone-the living and the dead. It was also quite funny at times too. Neal Shusterman's world is as exquisite and spell-bounding, yet terrifying and dark. Mary ma...more This book was epic. There's no other way to put it, it was an absolutely epic ending to a really awesome series. It's quite a bit thicker than the first two books, but it's worth every page. The plot was intense, and gives you quite a chill at times. With the back-and-forth war with Mary and Allie/Nick/Jix/others deciding the fate of everyone-the living and the dead. It was also quite funny at times too. Neal Shusterman's world is as exquisite and spell-bounding, yet terrifying and dark. Mary makes the most perfect villain, probably the very best I've ever read. Her own deluded sense of what is right and wrong makes her ever so dangerous but understandable, and it made a lot of sense that she was the one who had to decide her fate; sinking down into the center of the earth. I'm not sure if I understood what it meant to be there, but the interlude thing suggested that it was a place where the secrets of the world are all known. The partings were painful, but beautifully written. When Mikey and Allie parted- well, that's when I started to cry, because it was so sweet. "I'll be waiting for you". It doesn't get any more perfect than that. I supposed they always had to part, from the moment we found out that Allie was still more or less alive and well, where Mikey was dead. I loved how the author never told us what was in the light, keeping that lovely mystery, and leaving the reader to think for themselves what it was. (although I did want to find out!) In a way, I feel really sad about Nick, how the one that he loves is gone, and he must remain in Everlost forever to guide more children. He changed so much as a character, and if anyone deserves the light, it should be him. I hope he gets to retire after awhile, and there will be a new leader. When Allie woke up- I felt so many conflicting emotions. "I'm sorry I was gone for so long", was, of course, a great line, for her mother, who has gone through so much pain. And Jix and Jill... I hated Jill in the first books, but love changed her. Jix and Jill were so sweet together- it feels perfect that they can get eternity together, or until they both go to the light. The skinjacker trilogy is a tale of love. Of how it can change a person for much better, or for much worse, and of how love conquers all. I know that's sappy, but what can I say? This book was perfect. :)(less)

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Jul 15, 2011 Dana JH added it

I read Everlost in 6th grade after a thorough bout of encouragement from my reading teacher I gave it a shot. I was a relatively new reader and Everlost quickly became my favorite book. the world is so imaginative, the characters are lovable and interesting, and the plot line never disappoints through the entire series these facts remain true. Just when I think I've got it all figured out a curve ball comes out of nowhere and creates a new universal law. I think my favorite part is that anything...more

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Jul 15, 2011 Sean rated it 3 of 5 stars

Everlost was startlingly original, Everwild was just a shade darker and more complex. Everfound is perhaps, too ambitious. I truly enjoyed the book, but this review only covers why I gave it three stars instead of five.

Shusterman takes a huge leap down the dark rabbit hole of sinister children's fiction. It feels too very sudden, too overwhelming. I felt the abundance of plot lines boxed me into choosing one character to truly invest in and treat the rest as tangents. The decidedly more siniste...more

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May 20, 2011 Matt Oliver rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ever found is a book that when you read it truly makes you think about what is happening in the world. Neal Shusterman plays out the book in a way that appeals to teens, although not in a childish way. It appealed to me because how all of the main characters in this book have a different personality and a certain story to them.
The most intriguing part of this book is how Shusterman talks about basically, a limbo for kids. Many of them are lost and Nick, the protagonist in the story, helps the...more

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May 18, 2011 Jodi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Oh dear, I read Everfound only a week ago and I am already starting to forget about it. Never a good sign when a book doesn't leave a very long impression on me.
It was a satisfying end to the trilogy, one which I really did enjoy. As with the previous installment, Shusterman introduced us to a new group of characters to add to the growing numbers of those we were keeping track of.
Mary Hightower's crazy reaches new peaks in Everfound. She is bound and determined to destroy the living world and...more

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May 18, 2011 Jodi Papazian rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Apr 28, 2011 Rachael rated it 5 of 5 stars

It could be the end of the world as they know it. Even though Mary Hightower has yet to be awakened from her glass coffin, her accomplices are doing their best to serve her and her grand plans—bringing the entire world into Everlost. And so Mary’s loyal followers reap new souls by preventing recently deceased children from getting where they were going and ultimately “saving” them. At least, that’s how Mary sees it. But not everyone agrees with her, and it soon becomes apparent that Mary’s crew...more It could be the end of the world as they know it. Even though Mary Hightower has yet to be awakened from her glass coffin, her accomplices are doing their best to serve her and her grand plans—bringing the entire world into Everlost. And so Mary’s loyal followers reap new souls by preventing recently deceased children from getting where they were going and ultimately “saving” them. At least, that’s how Mary sees it. But not everyone agrees with her, and it soon becomes apparent that Mary’s crew will have more than just familiar enemies to deal with. Can the dissenters put aside their differences to fight against Mary, or will she be successful in orchestrating her vision of a worldwide Armageddon?

I have to say that I quite enjoyed Everlost and Everwild, but I was completely blown away by Everfound. This conclusion to Shusterman’s spectacular Skinjacker trilogy was its longest and most memorable installment by far. There is so much danger and drama already in the world of Everlost, as detailed in the first two books of the trilogy, but Shusterman introduces many new and exciting complications. There are whole hosts of new Afterlights to be reckoned with, new vortexes and objects with formidable powers, and new ties between Everlost and the real world. The sheer amount of imagination evident in Shusterman’s writing simply astounds me; I doubt many other writers could incorporate bodily possession of animals, physically living within two worlds, and a prophetic jukebox into a story as skillfully and realistically as Shusterman does in Everfound. What’s even more impressive is how he does this while maintaining completely believable if eccentric characters and situations. This trilogy was such a pleasure to read that I am truly sad that it is coming to a close. It’s an epic story of life, love, and death that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very satisfying end.

I most definitely recommend the Skinjacker trilogy to any fans of fantasy and especially to readers who enjoyed reading Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot by Andrew Auseon and the Escape from Furnace series by Alexander Gordon Smith.

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Dec 02, 2012 KT Malec rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: everlost

There are pretty much two types of concluding books: The ones that are horrible, and the ones that aren't.

Count the stars to determine which one this is.

Got the answer? Good.

You see whole new sides to beloved and hated characters, and it really works with the plot. You meet even more new guys, and their parts influence the story so that they haven't taken over, but they affect the outcome. Neal crafted them masterfully.

Then we have the plot itself. Its grown more complex and intense, but you sti...more

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Dec 12, 2011 Rad Ryan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: e-book-read, all-time-favorite

Dramatic. Fulfillment. Enigmatic

The final showdown to an end is put forth in Everfound. The trilogy comes to its finality. As all things are supposed to do.

I know I can't do this book justice, for it is really a splendid work! I still can't stop thinking about it! The end of the book was just momentous as the start of Nick's and Allie's journey to the Everlost.
Everyone seemed to find and got where they are going. A peaceful light, that extinguishes every doubt in every Afterlights who have seen...more Dramatic. Fulfillment. Enigmatic

The final showdown to an end is put forth in Everfound. The trilogy comes to its finality. As all things are supposed to do.

I know I can't do this book justice, for it is really a splendid work! I still can't stop thinking about it! The end of the book was just momentous as the start of Nick's and Allie's journey to the Everlost.
Everyone seemed to find and got where they are going. A peaceful light, that extinguishes every doubt in every Afterlights who have seen it.

It totally blow away my mind, I felt strong emotions surged from the book to me. It was amazing and scary at the same time. I was momentarily stunned by the events that happened and found out that moment had stretched out into minutes. It's really haunting, the way the book had entire control over you. All of this happened when I was reading Everfound.

Simply saying, I love this book, the series, everything! Though it still doesn't have the stand against Unwind, it's brilliant!

Allie, I send my regards to wherever you are(not totally spoiling, are we?)! Maybe after all it still a strange thing that everything happened has a reason and that a certain purpose is a demand of the universe itself, a calling from within. I cried for you. Yet, yet.
And that maybe after all the chocolate ogre realized the connection or why he is really drawn to Mary. Or that fur-jacking is better with the heightened senses than normal skinny-jacking.

Can you please illuminate me how the hell did Mary got her first dress on again when she had something "new" on while Milos re-killed her? Totally bullshiting me out or maybe I just left something while doing the process.

And at the end Everlost has had a true and better-vision accompany to led the new Greensouls that has recently crossed over and not to made them linger the wilderness and to truly open their eyes that what they are searching for just to be ready is ever found just in their pockets. A mysterious coin that make the mind go bold and remember everything important, after all they were born with readied name and so shall leave with it forever.(less)

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Jun 14, 2011 Nurshafiqa rated it 5 of 5 stars

i wanted to read this book slowly, relishing in the awesomeness of neal shusterman bit by bit. but i can't. everfound was so damn good. in fact, i skipped class and stayed at home the whole day just to finish it.

one word to describe the final book to the everlost trilogy: amazing. duh. not expecting any less from mr. shusterman. it was like a roller-coaster ride, full of ups and downs. it was thrilling and heart-breaking and exciting and funny and everything a good book is. i even found myself w...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Elisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a really good trilogy, thinking about it all together.
This book in particular, the third and last one, was really, really good.
But in the end I was SO sorry for Allie&Mike, because I wish they would have found a way to be together.
Nick finally comes back to his old human self, and I was happy for him because the whole chocolate thing kind of gross me out (it was too much, I mean, at the beginning it made sense, but towards the end the only effect it had on me was to prevent me from...more

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Dec 01, 2012 Alice Of Wonderland rated it 5 of 5 stars

awesome series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...more

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Aug 30, 2011 Sarah Sullivan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

The five star rating is really for the trilogy as a whole. The book in itself was fantastic, don't get me wrong - I could not put it down, and at certain points found myself actually holding my breath in anticipation of what would happen. But what's really incredible here is the level of detail Shusterman goes to in creating this alternate reality. There were tiny details laid out in the first book that become incredibly important, and the richness of the whole culture of this ghostworld is beau...more

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May 25, 2012 Lauren rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: boo, addicting, death-dying, dystopians-end-of-the-world, fantasy, friends-forever, i-d-die-for-you, roadtrip

Everfound ended the Skinjacker trilogy on a high note.
It would not have felt right if it had ended at all like Life on Mars or The Last Battle ended. I'm sure Mary Hightower would not agree with me.
She would also direct you to report me to an authority. But I didn't say how either tv series or book ended! Now I'll have to find something I enjoy and spend the rest of eternity doing it.
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Feb 23, 2012 David rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Everfound is the third book in the Skinjacker triology. It is about a realm between life and death called Everlost consisting of ghost children and objects that were loved, then destoyed. All youth in everlost are called afterlights. One afterlight named Mary Hightower has one soul plan. To keep all children from leaving and getting to the light. Allie, the main character plans to stop Mary's ridiculous plan. Now in the last book Allie had gone through a lot an...more

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Jun 21, 2011 Kay Mcgriff rated it 5 of 5 stars

At last I got my hands on Everfound, the third and final book in the Skinjacker's Trilogy. Neal Shusterman did not disappoint. It is a stunning conclusion that twists and turns with surprises all the way until the end. All the characters you love--and love to hate--are back along with some intriguing new additions to the cast. Our story begins with Allie the Outcast being held prisoner (tied on the front of a train) by Milo and the rest of Mary Hightower's vapor of Afterlights. Mary is out of th...more

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About Neal Shusterman

Award-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal, and was hired to write a movi...more Award-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal, and was hired to write a movie script.

In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, and television writer. As a full-time writer, he claims to be his own hardest task-master, always at work creating new stories to tell. His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association, as well as garnering a myriad of state and local awards across the country. Neal's talents range from film directing (two short films he directed won him the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Awards) to writing music and stage plays – including book and lyrical contributions to “American Twistory,” which is currently playing in Boston. He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful "How to Host a Mystery" game for teens, as well as seven "How to Host a Murder" games.

As a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the "Goosebumps" and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios.

Wherever Neal goes, he quickly earns a reputation as a storyteller and dynamic speaker. Much of his fiction is traceable back to stories he tells to large audiences of children and teenagers -- such as his novel The Eyes of Kid Midas. As a speaker, Neal is in constant demand at schools and conferences. Degrees in both psychology and drama give Neal a unique approach to writing. Neal's novels always deal with topics that appeal to adults as well as teens, weaving true-to-life characters into sensitive and riveting issues, and binding it all together with a unique and entertaining sense of humor.

Of Everlost, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman has reimagined what happens after death and questions power and the meaning of charity. While all this is going on, he has also managed to write a rip-roaring adventure…”

Of What Daddy Did, Voice of Youth Advocates wrote; "This is a compelling, spell-binding story... A stunning novel, impossible to put down once begun.

Of The Schwa Was Here, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman's characters–reminiscent of those crafted by E. L. Konigsburg and Jerry Spinelli–are infused with the kind of controlled, precocious improbability that magically vivifies the finest children's classics.

Of Scorpion Shards, Publisher's Weekly wrote: "Shusterman takes an outlandish comic-book concept, and, through the sheer audacity and breadth of his imagination makes it stunningly believable. A spellbinder."

And of The Eyes of Kid Midas, The Midwest Book Review wrote "This wins our vote as one of the best young-adult titles of the year" and was called "Inspired and hypnotically readable" by School Library Journal.

Neal Shusterman lives in Southern California with his children Brendan, Jarrod, Joelle, and Erin, who are a constant source of inspiration!(less)

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