All that is left to them is to accept it and to learn the rules of the afterlife, beginning with lessons from Mary Hightower, one of the oldest inhabitants and responsible for a large group of kids who live in the ghostly Twin Towers of Manhattan. or monsters like the McGill on the loose.Īs they go on, they realise that they are really death and there is no return.

This is a journey fraught with perils like Gravity Fatigue, where if you walk in places that are alive, you start to descend thought the earth down to its centre, so the first thing they need to learn is how to find a way to walk without losing themselves. You see, as any Greensoul recently arrived in Everlost, they sort of still believe that they can revert their deaths. They decide to embark on a trek to where they used to live and find out if their parents survived the crash. Overwhelmed with happiness at the prospect of company, he explains a few things about Everlost to Nick and Allie but as Greensouls the questions pile up and Lief’s answers are not enough. They sleep for nine months and wake up confused, now in Everlost (a limbo-like place for children only) and are greeted by Lief, a lonely boy who has inhabited the dead forest for a long time. Nick and Allie don’t survive the crash and as they go into that tunnel towards the light, they end up bumping into each other, going off course and missing the light altogether.

“On a hairpin turn, above the dead forest, on no day in particular, a white Toyota crashed into a black Mercedes, for a moment blending into a blur of gray”. Instead it is an adventure of the highest calibre. When I was harassed enlisted by Thea to read a Ghost story I was half expecting to be scared to death (since Ghosts are the Things That I Fear The Most) but Everlost is not an usual ghost story. In this imaginative, supernatural thriller, Neal Shusterman explores questions of life, death, and what just might lie in between.Įverlost was not at all what I was expecting. And with all memory of home fading fast and an unknown evil lurking in the shadows, Nick and Allie may never escape this strange, terrible world. But the longer they stay, the more they forget about their past lives. Desperate for a way out, their search takes them deep into the uncharted regions of Everlost. Shocked and frightened, Nick and Allie aren’t ready to rest in peace just yet.

Everlost is home to those who didn’t make it to their final destination: A magical yet dangerous place filled with shadows where lost souls run wild. Summary: Nick and Allie don’t survive the crash, and now they are in limbo, stuck halfway between life and death, in a netherworld known as Everlost. Stand alone or series: First in the Skinjacker trilogy Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster Children (UK)

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