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| View Larger Image | Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin
| | List Price: | $6.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 13179 | | Studio: | Square Fish | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Reading Level: | Young Adult | | Number Of Pages: | 304 | | Publication Date: | May 15, 2007 | | Publisher: | Square Fish |
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Product Description
Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she’s dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 125 reviews)
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this book surprised me.. 
when i started reading the first few pages of the book, i didnt think i would like it. i actually didnt want to read anymore of it, but im glad i did.
this book is really good. its about a 15 year old girl, Liz, who gets hit by a car and dies. when she wakes up she realizes shes in a place called "elsewhere" where instead of aging forward, you age backwards until youre a baby and you go back to earth.
i liked how at first Liz thought there was no hope for her and she hated Elsewhere, but in time she became more open minded and found what she really wanted: love.
my favorite character in this book is betty, who is liz's grandmother. shes so understanding and so patient. even when liz did something bad, betty never yelled or got angry. instead she just forgave her and still loved her. betty is a very warm character that i got to love.
another think i like about this book is how much drama there was. there wasnt a single boring chapter in this book.
even though this book was good, there were still things i didnt like. i didnt like how the author spoke for the characters. i didnt know how they felt, but i was TOLD what they felt. i also had a lot of unanswered questions throughout the whole book.
this isn't my favorite book but this is one of the most unique books i ever read.
October 18, 2008 | |
leads to mushy-headedness 
All that needs to be said is that the BASIS of this book is the thought that ALL religions are right because they ALL have been BELIEVED IN by people. Therefore, logically, NO religion is true if it claims to be the Real Truth.
Beware: this virus hidden at the core of the book may infect your kids for a long time to come. Good feelings and wishful thoughts may eternally defraud if not tied to revealed truth.
There is nothing wrong with fantasy, but when it is a fantasy that seeks to supplant established religious beliefs, it should hold up a sign that says, "This is a new religion we are seeking to establish here!"
October 13, 2008 | |
One of the greatest books ever printed. :) 
Once I first read the summary and description of the book I automatically captured it as an amazing book that I needed to go pick up immediately. Of course, time passed and I soon forgot, but when I reminisced about it and conveniently found it at a book store at Santa Monica beach, I purchased it and got to reading.
Automatically Gabrielle Zevin takes a turn by narrating the prologue by a DOG. Yes, the main character, Lizzie's dog. The story only got crazier after that by taking us into a twisty hurricane of a girl confused about life & death.
I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for something to curl up with.
It has a twist of everything even including a little after death romance! <3 :)
I wont get into a high voltage discussion about the story's plot diagram because I'm sure after reading other people's reviews and just by "searching inside" you're pretty convinced!
GO OUT & BY THIS!
Thank you. :)
October 04, 2008 | |
Death on the SS Nile
"Woman hold her head and cry;
Comforting her I was passing by.
She complained, then she cry"
(Lyrics from "Johnny Was" by Bob Marley)
Lizzie Hall thinks she's dreaming.
She's dreaming she's on a ship
And she's bald
And she has a room-mate named Thandiwe
And she's got stitches over her ear
And Thandi has a hole in her head
From a stray bullet
And then she starts to remember
She remembers heading for the mall
With a friend
To pick a dress for her friend for the prom
And she remembers her bicycle
And a taxicab
And a collision
And finally she realizes
That's she's really on a ship
To Elsewhere
Which is where you go
When your number comes up
And there ain't no heaven or hell -
Just Elsewhere
In this unique vision of the afterlife, the recently deceased find themselves aboard the SS Nile, bound for Elsewhere. The thing about Elsewhere is that it's just like "here", with houses and cars and jobs, except that people age backwards, getting younger every year.
"What happens when you hit the big zero?" you may ask.
Let's just say that in Elsewhere, recycling is the way to go, gently down the stream, without a paddle.
At first, fifteen year old Lizzie finds it hard to adjust to not being alive, but with the love and support of her now middle-aged grandmother, she is finally able to find her niche in death. Along the way she makes mistakes, but she also makes life-long friends, although of course that's a variable factor anywhere.
A "coming of age" story in reverse and an intriguing concept (albeit a little over-simplified in certain aspects) this book is recommended for ages twelve and up, but definitely one to be considered.
Amanda Richards, September 10, 2008
September 11, 2008 | |
Okay 
This book is about a 15 year-old girl who dies. Although there are humorous parts, it also makes you think. It could completely change your thinking about the after-life. The ending was dissapointing and rushed, but a good book anyway.
August 05, 2008 | |
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