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The stories in the ''Skinjacker trilogy'' takes place in the Everlost. Everlost is the place between life and death that all lost [[children]] end up after getting lost in their journey to the [[afterlife]]. These lost children, or [[ghost|Afterlights]] as they are called, are unseen by the real "living" world. The afterlights cannot interact with the real world (except those with the ablity to [[spirit possession|possess or "skinjack" the living]] and would sink to the Earth's core if they stay still. An exception is when somebody has died in that spot. There is no adults in Everlost presumably because they know whether they are going [[afterlife]] <ref name="Everlost book">{{cite book|last=Shusterman|first=Neal|title=Everlost|year=2006|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=1847385044|pages=313}}</ref> |
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| Author | Neal Shusterman |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Skinjacker Trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & e-book)[1] |
| Pages | 313 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1847385044 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 62282121 |
| Followed by | Everwild |
Everlost is fantasy book published in 2006 by the aclaimed young-adult author Neal Shusterman. The story is the first in the Skinjacker trilogy that takes place in Everlost, the place between life and death.
Summary
Allie and Nick both die in a car crash. They're supposed to go towards that light at the end of the tunnel, but they bump into each other and get knocked into a mysterious world between life and death called Everlost. This world is dangerous and unexpected for the souls that reside there. If they stay in one place too long, they will sink into the middle of the earth. They want their lives back, so they start searching. But, the longer they stay in Everlost, the more they forget.[2]
In the beginning of the book, they are saved by a boy called Lief, who tells them that they are called "Afterlights", who cannot walk where the living walk. They are somewhat like ghosts. He warns them of a dreaded and evil monster, McGill, before they make their way to New York City. There, they meet a Mary Hightower, the "mother" of Afterlights who keeps many Afterlights safe. She lives in the destroyed World Trade Towers. This is because things that are much loved can cross into Everlost. They settle down, but Allie is not content with the way things are, so she sets out to see if she has special powers. Allie notices other Afterlights at the Twin Towers keep repeating and doing the same exact thing everyday. Lief gets stuck playing the Pac-Man arcade non-stop and she had to pry him from the game to drag him along with her. They meet The Haunter in a factory that crossed over to Everlost. Allie gets Lief and Nick captured by The Haunter and it was shown that Allie could pick up living things and also possess or 'skinjack' as it is called in the book. In her adventures, she learns how to use her own powers. These adventures tell Nick his purpose while revealing the secret plan of Mary Hightower and the real identity of the McGill.
Settings
a story of a very very small penis boy[3]
Characters
- Alexandra "Allie" the outcast: Allie 14-year old girl that dies after her car she is riding in, crashes head on on a highway with the packed black Mercedes that Nick was in. Alie is brave and "goal" orientated though not a planner. She was reborn nine months later in "Everlost" as an afterlight. Allie discovers that she have the gifted ability to "possess or "skinjack" as it is called in the book people. She tries to return home to meet her parents in order to put her troubled mind at ease. However, on the way, she and Nick encounters many adventures. [4]
- Nicholas "Nick": A half-Japanese boy that is more of a follower, not a leader. He was riding in a packed black Mercedes on the way to a wedding when he died with chocolate on his face; now he is stuck in formal clothes and a chocolate covered mouth for eternity. He is fourteen years old.[4]
- Megan "Mary Hightower" McGill: The self-proclaimed expert on Everlost, she has written many books on living in the world between life and death. She also thinks of herself as the mother of the many children stuck in this world, being one of the oldest inhabitants at fifteen. She will do anything to keep the "lost" afterlights in Everlost.[5][4]
- Mikey "The McGill": The brother of Megan McGill. After escaping the earth's core, he encounter a ghost ship where he spends nearly 20 years looting and "kidnapping" afterlights after believing a fortune in a chinese fortune cookie that in exchange for 1000 souls, he can return to the land of the living. [4]
Sequel
The novel Everwild, which is published in 2010. It follows Allie's odyssey return home to her parents in order to put her restless mind at ease. Allie is accompanied by the reformed Mikey, the fearful monster "The McGill" who has been terrorizing Everlost for 30 years. Everwild also follows Nick's quest to save all new afterlights from Mary Hightower, who plans to recruit the new afterlights into her army and keep them in Everlost for infinity. [6][7]
best book ever award
References
- ^ "Everlost (2006) (The first book in the Skinjacker Trilogy series) A novel by Neal Shüsterman". Fantastic Fiction, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ Shusterman, Neal (2006). Everlost. Simon & Schuster. p. 313. ISBN 1847385044.
- ^ a b c d "Everlost". Shelfari. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "Everwild". Shelfari. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "Everwild by Neal Shusterman". Caught Between the Pages. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ Shusterman, Neal (2010). Everwild. 1847387322. p. 432. ISBN 1847387322.
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