Here is the spot where we will post our blogs about the books we've read. The first entry will be a model blog so that you can follow my lead for your blogs. Here goes:
Is death that much different than life? In the novel, Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin, fifteen year old Liz gets to find out the answer to that very question. In this fantasy, Liz has been killed by a hit and and run driver and wakes up to find herself on a boat whose destination is a place called Elsewhere. Liz find that life on earth is not that much different than life on Elsewhere. There is, however, one huge difference - instead of people aging as they do on earth, aging happens in reverse. People on Elsewhere get younger instead of older. Eventually the inhabitants of Elsewhere end up as babies, get reborn and go back to earth to begin life again.
At first Liz is angry, finds it hard to adjust to life on Elsewhere and obsesses about her need to see her family again. As time passes, Liz gets used to her new life, forms relationships with unexpected people and learns to find happiness.
I recommend this book wholeheartedly giving it a big, giant thumbs up. On a scale of 1-5, I'd say this deserves a 4 and a half. If you like books with a bit of a twist that make you really think, then you should absolutely consider paging your way through Elsewhere.