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The Skinjacker Trilogy #1
Everlost
Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident...
...but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to get either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It's a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost children run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.
When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost kids, Nick feels like he he's found a home, but Allie isn't satisfied spending eternity between worlds. Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the "Criminal Art" of haunting, and ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens all the souls of Everlost.
In this imaginative novel, Neal Shusterman explores questions of life, death, and what just might lie in between.
...but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to get either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It's a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost children run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.
When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost kids, Nick feels like he he's found a home, but Allie isn't satisfied spending eternity between worlds. Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the "Criminal Art" of haunting, and ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens all the souls of Everlost.
In this imaginative novel, Neal Shusterman explores questions of life, death, and what just might lie in between.
320 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2006
About the author
Neal Shusterman
92 books31.2k followersAward-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!
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!
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June 8, 2014
Kun ihminen kuolee, joutuu hän tunneliin, jonka päässä on valoa. Aikuinen ihminen löytää aina, kompuroidenkin, tiensä valoon, sinne minne hänen on tarkoituskin mennä, mutta jos lapsi kompuroi tunnelissa, putoaa hän eräänlaiseen välimaailmaan, Everlostiin. Everlostissa lapset elävät oikealta maailmalta näkymättömissä, vaikka oikea maailma on Everlostista nähtävissä. Siellä on tarkkaa, että pysyttelee paikoissa, jotka ovat kuolleet oikeassa maailmassa ja päätyneet siksi Everlostiin. Jos siirtyy pois näiltä paikoilta, alkaa välittömästi ja nopeasti vajota kohti maan keskustaa.
Nick ja Allie istuvat vastaan ajavissa autoissa, kun autot kolaroivat. Matkalla valoon, sinne minne heidän olisi tarkoitus mennä, he kompuroivat ja joutuvat Everlostiin. Matka sinne on lyhyt, mutta niin uuvuttava, että nuoret nukkuvat monta kuukautta uupumustaan pois. Kolaripaikan lähistöllä majailee poika, joka on innoissaan uusista kavereista. Nick ja Allie eivät kuitenkaan halua jäädä paikoilleen, vaan haluavat lähteä käymään kotona, jotta näkisivät, mitä heidän perheilleen on tapahtunut.
Tästä alkaa lapsille suunnattu, jännittävä seikkailu Everlostissa, jonka aikana törmätään poikajengeihin, kaksoistorneissa asuviin kadonneisiin lapsiin ja heidän johtajaansa Mary Hightoweriin (joka yrittää kohteliaalla käytöksellään ja loputtomalla kärsivällisyydellään hallita lapsukaisiaan), pahiksiin ja erityisesti merirosvohirviöön MacGilliin, maahan vajoamiseen, skinjackingiin eli elävän maailman ihmisten hallitsemiseen heidän sisälleen asettumalla ja moneen muuhun jännittävään ja erikoiseen asiaan. Everlastin maailma oli hienosti luotu ja juoni oli tarpeeksi yllätyksellinen, niin että tätä oli vaikea laskea käsistään.
Nyt, kun olen lukenut useamman Shustermanin kirjan, en voi kuin vain ihmetellä, kuinka eri tyyppisiä ja silti todella hyviä kirjoja hän on kirjoittanut. Everlostista pidin paljon, toivottavasti sama meno jatkuu sarjan toisessa osassa.
Nick ja Allie istuvat vastaan ajavissa autoissa, kun autot kolaroivat. Matkalla valoon, sinne minne heidän olisi tarkoitus mennä, he kompuroivat ja joutuvat Everlostiin. Matka sinne on lyhyt, mutta niin uuvuttava, että nuoret nukkuvat monta kuukautta uupumustaan pois. Kolaripaikan lähistöllä majailee poika, joka on innoissaan uusista kavereista. Nick ja Allie eivät kuitenkaan halua jäädä paikoilleen, vaan haluavat lähteä käymään kotona, jotta näkisivät, mitä heidän perheilleen on tapahtunut.
Tästä alkaa lapsille suunnattu, jännittävä seikkailu Everlostissa, jonka aikana törmätään poikajengeihin, kaksoistorneissa asuviin kadonneisiin lapsiin ja heidän johtajaansa Mary Hightoweriin (joka yrittää kohteliaalla käytöksellään ja loputtomalla kärsivällisyydellään hallita lapsukaisiaan), pahiksiin ja erityisesti merirosvohirviöön MacGilliin, maahan vajoamiseen, skinjackingiin eli elävän maailman ihmisten hallitsemiseen heidän sisälleen asettumalla ja moneen muuhun jännittävään ja erikoiseen asiaan. Everlastin maailma oli hienosti luotu ja juoni oli tarpeeksi yllätyksellinen, niin että tätä oli vaikea laskea käsistään.
Nyt, kun olen lukenut useamman Shustermanin kirjan, en voi kuin vain ihmetellä, kuinka eri tyyppisiä ja silti todella hyviä kirjoja hän on kirjoittanut. Everlostista pidin paljon, toivottavasti sama meno jatkuu sarjan toisessa osassa.
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