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This is a read about dying and death but it's warm, fuzzy, too. A teenager who fails to look both ways as she rides her bicycle is hit and killed by a taxi. Is it the taxi driver's fault or her own? She has difficulty accepting her death as she exists in a place called Elsewhere. The existence she leads there is so different from her life that she is angry and confused. To say why would reveal the basis of Elsewhere. One must read the book to discover the secret of Elsewhere and why it exists.
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Aug 22, 2020
Connie N.
rated it
it was amazing
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young-adult,
fantasy,
coming-of-age,
death-grief,
blue,
boat-on-cover,
water-on-cover,
circle-on-cover
What a fascinating book! It's hard to categorize it because it's so unique and very clever. But at the same time it's a familiar coming-of-age type of YA book. Teenaged Liz Hall finds herself on a ship going who-knows-where, and she soon realizes she's dead and on her way to Elsewhere, the place where she'll "live" from now on. But Elsewhere is confusing because people get younger every year until they eventually end up as babies and go back to Earth. And it's hard for Liz to let go of the peopl
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Really interesting book. Some parts were very lyrical and well written. A few parts were a little stilted. Great read. Interesting and different concept.
A very unique read. Definitely for a young reader, who would have probably given it a 5 star rating.
May 11, 2011
Alex
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Sandy
marked it as to-read
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Sue
marked it as aa-to-read-list4
Jul 20, 2012
Elizabeth Stultz
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Mary Bronson
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May 28, 2014
Butterflycager
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Katie
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Elle
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Dec 31, 2015
Diana S
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Aug 31, 2016
Megan
marked it as bfl
