Elsewhere: Deluxe Edition - by Gabrielle Zevin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIME

A Deluxe Special Edition with stained edges and bonus content! Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times-bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry.

Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?

Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick, and you'll never turn even a day older . . .

This 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 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. Now that she's dead, though, Liz is forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has never met before. And it isn't 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?

A book that transcends genre and category, Elsewhere is a modern YA classic. This deluxe edition features stained edges, an introduction written by the author, a new Q&A from the author, and personal black-and-white photographs.

Review Quotes

Honors and Praise for Elsewhere
A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time
An ALA Notable Children's Book
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A Booklist Editors' Choice and Top of the List Winner
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Horn Book Fanfare Selection

"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. Its message is how thrilling it is to be alive, here or in Elsewhere." --The New York Times Book Review

"Powerful and thought-provoking . . . this bittersweet tale will move some readers to tears with its devastating beauty and loss." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A wonderful book for people of all ages, but especially teens. It forces the reader to think about death and life and what really matters in both. The plot moves at a good pace, the characters are easy to identify with, and the book is funny . . . It is a must-read." --Detroit Free Press

"Gabrielle Zevin's Elsewhere spins an enchanting fantasy about the world beyond this one that is both poignant and assuring." --Star Tribune

"Gabrielle Zevin has constructed a fascinating 'What if?' . . . Great humor and speculation." --Chicago Tribune

"This isn't a sad story. It's a moving, sweet, strange, imaginative and uplifting one. And, OK, a little sad, too. Because what's life without every one of those things?" --The Philadelphia Inquirer

★ "With an intriguing and well-developed premise, thoughtful characterization, and refreshing style, Zevin's poignant novel rewards readers with a view of death that celebrates the rich complexities of being alive." --The Horn Book, Starred Review

★ "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." --Booklist, Starred Review

★ "Intriguing . . . Surely guides readers through the bumpy landscape of strongly delineated characters dealing with the most difficult issue that faces all of us." --School Library Journal, Starred Review

About the Author

Gabrielle Zevin is the New York Times and internationally best-selling author of several critically acclaimed novels, including The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, which is now a motion picture, and Young Jane Young. Her novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was one of the best books of the year, according to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Entertainment Weekly, the Atlantic, Oprah Daily, Slate, NPR, the Hollywood Reporter, and many other outlets. Her work have been translated into forty languages. She lives in Los Angeles.