It doesn’t take long for the locals to notice the change overcoming him or for a determined sales rep named Amelia to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light. the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew. It’s that unexpected arrival that gives A.J. Soon, a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. can only see them as a sign of a world that is changing, and fast. He doesn’t even receive any pleasure from the books in his store anymore. His wife has passed, his bookstore’s sales are beyond poor, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Edgar Allan Poe poems, has been stolen. Fikry, the ill-tempered owner, is about to discover just what that truly means.Ī.J. Hanging over the porch of the tiny New England bookstore called Island Books is a faded sign with the motto “No Man Is an Island Every Book Is a World.” A.J. Fikry is a standalone novel by Gabrielle Zevin. She wouldn’t have wanted to kiss him back.

She wouldn’t have met James, the boy with a questionable past and an even worse future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She would get why her best friend, Will, calls her “Chief.” She’d know about her mom’s new family. She might even have remembered what made her fall in love with him to begin with. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She wouldn’t have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She wouldn’t have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn’t have smashed her head on the steps. If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a standalone YA novel by Gabrielle Zevin.

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? 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. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth.

It is a place much like Earth, yet completely different. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Swing by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice.Įlsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. Wanting to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Elsewhere is a place with a warm breezy climate, with excellent beaches. Gabrielle Zevin Synopses: Elsewhere is a YA novel by Gabrielle Zevin. If You Like Gabrielle Zevin Books, You’ll Love…

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