Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

  I chose to write about Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin and is fantasy
because it takes place in heaven. The characters are Liz, her grandmother,
Elizabeth 'Betty' Bloom, Curtis Jest, and Owen Welles. Liz is a 15-year-old
girl that died from a taxi crash when she was heading to the mall. When she
wakes up, she is in a place like and unlike Earth. She is in heaven. She
was about to turn 16 and get here drivers license but ended up dying and
that didn’t happen. She ends up meeting with her grandmother, Betty, and Curtis Jest. Liz is very mad that this happened to her. One day when she tries to escape because there is a way people can escape, but she gets pulled out of the water by a boy named Owen and starts hanging out with him when she is in heaven. The only way people leave heaven is by aging backward which is what happens when people get into heaven and become a baby to return to Earth. She wants to Earth now and see her family and not be stuck in heaven. She watches over her family every day. Liz tries to spend her time here as best as she can while she is dead before she goes back to Earth as a baby. As Liz is going back in her age she does everything she can to spend it with her family on Earth, but there is only one thing that is wrong with going back to earth when people go back as a baby.

I would recommend this book to anyone and people who like fantasy books a lot. It was a very interesting book that made my reading experience while reading this book really good. I couldn’t stop reading it. This book is emotional because a dead 15-year-old girl who watches and misses her family is something that is important in life for everyone. Liz makes new friends in her time in heaven that she couldn’t make in her life on Earth. Liz shows her love for her family and friends on Earth and in heaven for Betty, Curtis, and Owen. All Liz knows is that she will love them forever. If you are looking for a book that you can enjoy reading and like fantasy books, I would recommend this book to read.

- Julianna P.