Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?
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. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.GABRIELLE ZEVIN is the author of eight New York Times bestseller novels and a Harvard University graduate. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and adapted for film. She writes for both folks and young adults. Her most recent book, The Storied Life of A.J., is a collection of short stories. Fikry spent more than four months on the New York Times Best Seller List, hit #1 on the National Indie Bestseller List, and was a worldwide bestseller. Zevin also wrote the screenplay for Conversations with Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart), which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. The author is based in Los Angeles, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312367466 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312367465 |
| Title | Elsewhere |
| Author | Gabrielle Zevin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2007-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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