Elsewhere (novel)
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Elsewhere (2005) is the title of a young adult book by Gabrielle Zevin.
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[edit] Plot summary
"Elsewhere" follows the life after death of fifteen year old Elizabeth, also known as Liz. After being hit and killed by a taxi, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike earth. In this world, instead of aging, people grow younger until they become infants. There, they are sent to be reborn back on earth. Liz meets her grandmother and a friend, Owen, who guides her through her new life. As the story progresses, Liz tries to find forbidden ways to contact her friends and family on earth, hoping to say her proper goodbyes.
[edit] Awards and nominations
The book was nominated for a 2006 Quill award, won the Borders Original Voices Award, and was a selection of the Barnes and Noble Book Club.[citation needed] The book was also included on several "Best of" Lists including School Library Journal, Horn Book Magazine, Booklist Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Amazon.com, and the American Library Association Notable Children's Book List among others. It has also won several awards abroad: in Germany, the Lufti (Bronze) and the Ulmer Unke, and in the United Kingdom, the Sheffield Children's Book Prize for Longer Novels, the Stockport Children's Book Award, and it was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
[edit] Literary significance and reception
Elsewhere has been translated into sixteen other languages.
