Elsewhere

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• Elsewhere By Gabrielle Zevin

  One moment, 15-year-old Liz Hall is riding her bike to meet a friend at the mall. The next thing she knows, she's alone on a mysterious cruise ship with lots of senior citizens playing shuffleboard. Liz soon realizes there's something odd about all t ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• ELSEWHERE

  Poised on the brink of turning 16, Liz Hall believes that all good things lie in her future. She will earn her driver's license, graduate high school and go on to college, her first love, marriage and a fulfilling career as a veterinarian. But on the ... (read full critics)

  teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

6 Reviews

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  thought provoking and warm-hearted

  The target audience for this book is young adults, and although I am older than that I still enjoyed it. I read it after my wife got it out from the library (she is a teacher). The book uses a novel premise of the afterlife to encourage you to think about what is important your 'real life'. As su ... (continue)

  The target audience for this book is young adults, and although I am older than that I still enjoyed it. I read it after my wife got it out from the library (she is a teacher). The book uses a novel premise of the afterlife to encourage you to think about what is important your 'real life'. As such, I think it is a great book for teenage/young adults to find some inspiration in troubling times.

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  R Edmondson said on Jan 6, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  This book is amazing, full stop! Sad and haunting, this tale of a young girl who cras

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  Sophgall789 said on Oct 3, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  I enjoyed this Young Adult novel. It was a unique story about what might happen in the afterlife. Liz, a fifteen year old girl wakes up on a boat and discovers that she was hit by a car and now she is on her way to "Elsewhere", what the afterlife in this book is called. Liz definitely isn't accepti ... (continue)

  I enjoyed this Young Adult novel. It was a unique story about what might happen in the afterlife. Liz, a fifteen year old girl wakes up on a boat and discovers that she was hit by a car and now she is on her way to "Elsewhere", what the afterlife in this book is called. Liz definitely isn't accepting of her fate and the book takes off from there. It wasn't a sappy book at all but it did have some emotional moments. Zevin certainly came up with some very interesting ideas. I was especially fond of reading about the animals in Elsewhere.

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  Icedream said on Feb 5, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  boring

  This is narrated by 15 yr old Liz who has been tragically killed in a hit & run. It's her journey from earth to Elsewhere and how she is dealing w/being killed before she really had a chance to live. She makes friends along the way and listens to their story. She observes her family and friends mour ... (continue)

  This is narrated by 15 yr old Liz who has been tragically killed in a hit & run. It's her journey from earth to Elsewhere and how she is dealing w/being killed before she really had a chance to live. She makes friends along the way and listens to their story. She observes her family and friends mourning her loss from places called Observation Decks. She experiences a mix of emotions along the way.

  I have the feeling that the author was just shooting from the hip as she wrote the story which, to me, makes the story seem long and not very interesting. I personally find it lacking in an ability to pull me into the story. The the first word that comes to mind to explain this book is "boring". In theory, the basis for the story is good but the details where lacking.

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  Angie said on Nov 16, 2007 | Add your feedback

• Interesting Premise

  I saw this book in the library while waiting on my son. I picked it up and started to read. I thought the story was very good. An interesting view of the afterlife.

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  mtclibrarian said on Sep 24, 2007 | Add your feedback

• I thought that "Elsewhere" lacked a plot that kept the reader interrested (which is why I quit reading it), and it also had far too many sexual and drug referrences for a book aimed at teens/tweens.

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  haybean1205 said on Aug 14, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 288 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 074757720X
• ISBN-13: 9780747577201
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Pub date: Jun 05, 2006
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and Others

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