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 so like Earth, yet completely different. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice.Įlsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere's museums. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It was also longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.Welcome to Elsewhere. In Germany, it was awarded the Lufti (Bronze) and the Ulmer Unke, and in the United Kingdom it won the Sheffield Children's Book Prize for Longer Novels and the Stockport Schools' Book Award. The book was also included on several "Best of" Lists including School Library Journal, Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews,, and the American Library Association Notable Children's Book list among others. In the USA, the book was nominated for a 2006 Quill award, won the Borders Original Voices Award, and was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Book Club. Booklist magazine gave the book a 'Starred Review' and called it "a work of powerful beauty". called it "witty and wise" and praised the book for its humour. Literary significance and reception Įlizabeth Spires gave the book a positive review for The New York Times, commending Zevin for her "fresh and arresting" premise, likening it to Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time and Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting. The novel ends with Liz being sent down the river and being reborn into her new life on Earth. Owen is only 2 when Liz is released, and throughout her journey to Earth, she thinks of Elsewhere. At her release ceremony, she is reunited with her roommate from the ship. Liz continues to age backward and works until age of 6. This time Liz accepts her life in Elsewhere. Liz, meanwhile, is trying to get back to Earth by 'early release', but is stopped again by Owen. Owen realizes that he has developed feelings for Liz. However, after a while, Emily decides to 'break up' with Owen, claiming that since she is in her 30s now and Owen is young, the feeling is very awkward. Emily is surprised to see Owen, and accepts Owen's request for their relationship to continue. Owen, Liz, and her grandmother meet Emily on her day of arrival at the ship. As expected, Emily arrives at Elsewhere a few days later. Liz later learns that Owen was married to a woman named Emily on Earth, and when checking the list of new passengers, she finds Emily's name on it.
Owen contacts Liz's brother for her, taking a dive to The Well. She discovers that she can actually talk to animals. Liz picks animals, who, like humans, age backward in Elsewhere. Liz returns to her grandmother and is forced to get an 'advocate,' meet with an adviser, and get something similar to a job to take up her time and hopefully relieve her mind of her tragic depression. She is able to reach out to her brother but is caught by Owen, whom she met on the island. The second attempt, however, is successful. She gets caught by her grandmother right before she enters the water. Liz's first attempt to reach Earth is unsuccessful. While at the OD, she learns of a place named 'The Well' that is rumored to be a place where someone who is in Elsewhere can make contact with someone on Earth. Liz can not get over the fact that she is dead, and spends every day at the OD.
Liz watches her own funeral from the 'Observation Deck', or OD in short, and learns that though she is able to see Earth, she is not allowed to make contact with anyone there. Liz meets her grandmother, who is very young by now, and takes care of Liz. In Elsewhere, everyone ages backwards until they reach 7 days old and then are sent back to Earth as a baby to be reborn. The ship arrives to an island called 'Elsewhere'. She meets her idol, who turns out to be dead, like her. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the cabin of a ship named the SS Nile. Elsewhere is a 2005 young adult, speculative novel by Gabrielle Zevin.įifteen-year-old Liz is hit and killed by a taxi.
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