Elsewhere
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0374320918
Physical Desc
viii, 275 pages ; 22 cm
Lexile measure
720L
Rating
720L
Status
Waseca Public Library - Junior Fiction
Junior FICTION Zevin
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0374320918
UPC
9780374320911
Lexile measure
720

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Description
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live." 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? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
Target Audience
720L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,4.3,9,102017.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,4,9,102017.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Zevin, G. (2005). Elsewhere . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Zevin, Gabrielle. 2005. Elsewhere. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

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