| Elsewhere: A Novel | |
| ISBN: 9780312367466 Author: Zevin, Gabrielle Publisher: Square Fish Published: 2007-05-01 Retail: $11.99 OUR PRICE: $7.77 You Save 35% Binding Type: Paperback Annotation: From the New York Times best-selling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry comes Gabrielle Zevin's Elsewhere, a moving, often funny young adult novel about grief, death, and loss that will stay with readers long after the last page is turned. 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? |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 720 |
| BISAC category: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience |
| Target Grade/Age Group: Grade 7-9, Age 12-14 |
| Grade level: Grade 7-9 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 8.22" L x 5.56" W (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
| Lexile Level: 720 |
| Bargain Category: Middle School, Literature & Fiction, High School, Growing Up, Family |
| Grade level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 102017 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts Info |
| Quiz #: Q38150 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Grades 9-12 Point Value: 15.0 |