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Cecily Black
May 06, 2016 rated it really liked it
I want to start out by saying like most books I had no idea what this was about before I started reading it. I was drawn in by the cover art!
This is such a cool concept of a story and what happens after death. I found myself crying a few times and a few times feeling comforted by the thought. However, it wasn't perfect like the age you die having such significance that you might not see your other loved ones who have died if you die too late because they could already be babies again and headin
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Vickie
What a fabulous listen! I don't normally enjoy YA lit books and this one is the exception. Liz is a 15-year-old girl who is killed in a hit-and-run on her way to the mall. She wakes up on the SS Nile which is taking her to Elsewhere, not quite heaven. While at Elsewhere, she finally accepts the fact she is dead and thus begins Liz's opportunity to live her life.

This is such a unique concept and I see why the targeted age group responds to the book. The narrator was wonderful, a youthful voice,
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Megalion
Dec 06, 2015 rated it really liked it
Interesting premise about afterlife and reincarnation. Reminds me in a small way of the excellent movie Defending Your Life
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