However, as Lizzie comes to understand the truth, she finds herself fighting reality and breaking the rules to get back to her family. When she wakes on a boat, she thinks that she is dreaming. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin is a bittersweet book full of thoughtful details. In this novel, Lizzie has been killed in a hit and run accident. In the end, readers will come to understand that death is not something to fear. I think this an interesting twist that the author added to give the story more depth.Įlsewhere is a great book for readers who enjoy a little bit of fantasy mixed with realistic fiction. When they are seven days old, the babies are placed in the river to float back to earth where they are reborn. One of the things that makes this book so thought provoking is that every resident of Elsewhere ages backwards until they are babies. She becomes obsessed with watching her family and friends and even tries to make contact with the living, which is illegal in Elsewhere. Liz soon discovers the Observation Decks, which allow the residents of Elsewhere to see what is happening on earth. When Liz arrives in Elsewhere she meets her Grandmother who had died of Breast Cancer before Liz was born. Elsewhere is the home to people who have died. In her novel Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin weaves an intriguing story about a fascinating world called Elsewhere that will change the way you think about an afterlife.
She just can't seem to move on from the past and start her new 'life' in Elsewhere.
All Liz wants is to be back home with her family and friends. She then finds herself on a strange boat with a one-way ticket to Elsewhere where she will begin her afterlife. Liz is your typical teenage girl until she is killed in a car accident.
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