A work of powerful beauty. This inventive novel slices right to the bone of human yearning, offering up an indelible vision of life and death as equally rich sides of the same coin.”— Starred, Booklist Zevin's writing is poetic, the plot is entertaining, moving and gripping and the nods to real life video games make it all feel incredibly real Skinny, *Books of the Year*

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - SuperSummary

this is a book about the fleeting beauty of life, the necessity of love, and the bittersweetness of it all.”— Philadelphia Inquirer Everyone believes that Salil Singh killed his girlfriend, Andrea Bell, five years ago—except Pippa Fitz-Amobi. Sure to enchant even those who have never played a video game in their lives, with instant cult status for those who have. Kirkus The characters are well okay. Even though I know that Liz is going through the five stages of grief ... I can't help but get annoyed by her. Let just say, most of the characters are childlike with the great wisdom. I think the purpose of that is to make the story more relatable to kids.Inventive and intelligent… Elsewhereis an adventure, by turns funny, sad, and — best of all — wonderfully poetic.”— January Magazine Elsewhere shares some concepts with The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, but is not very similar otherwise. it's almost like fantasy or mythology, but still reads like realistic fiction. Reading this is almost like an invitation from Zevin to enter a game...with every scene and moment so carefully constructed. Just brilliant Skinny, *Books of the Year* Zevin’s touch is marvelously light even as she considers profundities, easily moving among humor, wisdom and lyricism. . . .No plot synopsis can convey what a rich, wise spell this book casts.” — The New York Times Book Review

Gabrielle Zevin About – Gabrielle Zevin

Liz looks out the porthole that is parallel to her bed. Sure enough, she sees hundreds of miles of early-morning darkness and ocean in all directions, blanketed by a healthy coating of fog. If she squints, Liz can make out a boardwalk. There, she sees the forms of her parents and her little brother, Alvy. Ghostly and becoming smaller by the second, her father is crying and her mother is holding him. Despite the apparent distance, Alvy seems to be looking at Liz and waving. Ten seconds later, the fog swallows her family entirely. Although the wound is less than a half inch in diameter, Liz can tell it must have been the result of an extremely serious injury.

I read this in one sitting - I physically couldn't put it down. It is just as wonderful as everyone says LOUISE O'NEILL, author of Idol

ELSEWHERE - Bloomsbury Praise for ELSEWHERE - Bloomsbury

Liz dies at 15-years-young in a freak accident and desperately claws for her old life on Earth, which now seems faraway, otherworldly, and distant. However, little by little she learns to lean in and embrace her new world with a rush of tenderness and warmly kept appreciation. Her surroundings and the people in her new world gradually feel less foreign and over time she begins to acclimate. She soul-searches and discovers herself at each new turn. Gomez, Dessi (November 4, 2022). " 'The Storied Life of AJ Fikry' Author Opens Up About the Book-to-Screen Process". TheWrap . Retrieved January 13, 2023. a b c Werris, Wendy (November 8, 2013). "By the Book: Gabrielle Zevin". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved November 15, 2022. This is a boy meets girl story that is never a romance - though it is romantic . . . Their relationship is a joining of minds and of worlds that is both purer and sweeter than any base physical attraction Pippa Bailey, Observer Now, don't you think that that is a total rip off? I mean, okay... you're just starting to feel out who you are and then you die and everything goes in reverse. So, you hardly have time to define yourself and by the time you're 21, you're really nine... WTF?

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Stories about the Afterlife have always appealed to me. There are thousands upon thousands of interpretations out there about what, exactly, happens to a person after they die. ELSEWHERE is a new spin on an old topic, but it manages to bring emotion, realism, and entertainment to something that is, in most circumstances, a very depressing situation. To me, ELSEWHERE is a combination of Mitch Albom's THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN and Alice Sebold's THE LOVELY BONES, two other wonderful books dealing with death and the Afterlife. ELSEWHERE goes beyond those two books, however, taking readers on a journey into a land so much like Earth, and yet so very, very different. i can see why reader-teens rave about this one, because it asks awesome, deep questions about life in a thoroughly roundabout way