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    Everlost

    Written by Neal Shusterman

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

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    Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident…but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to go either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It's a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost children run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.

    When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost kids, Nick feels like he's found a home, but Allie isn't satisfied spending eternity between worlds. Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the "Criminal Art" of haunting, and ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens all the souls of Everlost.

    In this imaginative novel, Neal Shusterman explores questions of life, death, and what just might lie in between.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 20, 2009
    ISBN9781423373179
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    Neal Shusterman

    Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. Neal is the father of four, all of whom are talented writers and artists themselves. Visit Neal at StoryMan.com and Facebook.com/NealShusterman.

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    • 4/5
      Two cars collide and Nick and Allie don't survive. As they are moving toward the light their bodies collide sending them in to Everlost, somewhere between Earth and... The book is very thought provoking. Shusterman added some pretty intricate details as you learn about the dead spots, objects that cross over such as the Twin Towers which is where Mary house her gangs of children. Then there are the fortune cookies. That part was a bit amusing at times. The items that cross over are some times very ancient such as the old type writer that Allie uses to type the fortunes for the cookies. And as with all good trilogies, The first Skinjacker book, Everlost, leads you right into the next one.
      Shusterman is becoming one of my favorite authors.
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite books of all time. This is one of the first Neal Shusterman books I ever read, and thus has a special place in my heart. And yet it's taken me years to come back and revisit it (and I never even finished the series because it was a single novel when I first read it).I really like how none of the characters are exactly likeable. I would say Nick is the only character I really actually like, and maybe the McGill a little just because I like heroic villains. But Allie's a know-it-all meanie pants, Lief is an annoying little twit, and Mary is a manipulative sky witch.It's also great how you slowly learn more and more about Everlost. You learn along with Allie and Nick, and even then you're not entirely sure what's true and what's not.Lastly, there's some pleasant retelling aspects that may or may not have been intentional. There's Peter Pan, with Allie even calling herself Wendy, not to mention Everland vs. Everlost. I suppose you could even consider Mary to be Peter Pan, what with her dressed in green and determined to keep everyone exactly as they are in Everlost. And then of course there's some Beauty and the Beast action with the McGill and Allie.Overall I just love this book. Can't wait to finally finish the Skinjacker series.
    • 1/5
      This recording is very low quality. The book itself is a good read.
    • 4/5
      Two teens die in a car crash and are headed toward the bright light when they bump into each other and spin off course... into an afterlife that they never expected. Everlost is a place that contains all the objects that have somehow "died" in our world and no longer exist, but which have such memories or love tied to them that they can't entirely not exist. In this land, several children and teens find themselves when their souls go off course, and Allie and Nick are both determined to find their way out to whatever place they were meant to be.After reading and loving the Unwind series and seeing the author speak at a local middle school, just about all of his books made it onto my to be read list. Everlost suffers a little for being the second series I tried: it's a little bit younger and doesn't have the thematic depth of Unwind. I could guess some twists without trying too hard. But it's a really creative concept, as you never know exactly what's going to turn up in Everlost as Allie and Nick continue to explore it. I ate up this fast-paced, creepy book in two days (in the middle of the work week, no less), and I have the sequel ready to go soon.
    • 5/5
      Nick and Allie are, separately, on their way somewhere with their families when there's an accident. Suddenly they find themselves falling through a tunnel towards a bright light. Only they trip over each other and never quite make it to that light.

      Instead, they end up in Everlost. Everlost, the desaturated world that's not living but not quite finished/all the way to dead either is a place of all new rules, people and ideas. If you don't do things right you could disappear into nothingness....or you could get caught up by the Everlost monster, the McGill--or something even worse as Allie and Nick find out later.

      When they first land in Everlost they're in a forest with Lief a boy who died years and years ago. The only reason they can stay in the forest and touch everything is because the forest is dead as well and has past into Everlost, too--as certain very loved things do. But Allie wants to go home-even if it's against the rules-and soon they set out on an adventure like they've never experienced before.

      Like a lot of my reviews' summaries I'm leaving out a good bit of the book (but only because I think that you don't need to know stuff that doesn't even hint at happening until 1/5 of the way in...and beyond. But if you're not as picky as me about spoliers: Amazon summary).

      I read Everlost because I enjoyed Unwind so much and wanted to see what else Neal Shusterman had to offer. This book isn't as thought provoking as Unwind but that's most likely a given due to the subject matter of the two books. There is more to it than most sci-fi-ish books because it deals with kids (only kids/young teens enter Everlost) and death and what happens with different ones and how they deal with it.

      In regards to the characters, I thought there were a lot of similarities between Nick, Allie and Lief and Connor, Risa, and Lev (even, kind of, look at the names?). It wasn't that they were carbon copies of each other, I just saw something in them that reminded me of the characters from Unwind. It was most true with Lief & Lev, probably.

      I really liked the different elements of history that were pulled into the book and which items crossed into Everlost. That and that Everlost was as well developed as it was--both the world and the book. It wasn't just a not-exactly-purgatory with muted colors for children and tweens; it was truly well thought out and a world of its own that existed within the actual world and yet outside of it at the same time.

      There's going to be a sequel to this book and I think that's great because I think there's a lot more to explore with both the characters and the subject-though I do think this book was resolved nicely, too.
    • 4/5
      This was a very interesting book. I feel that I can count on that from Shusterman anytime I pick up a new series from him. Like Brandon Sanderson, Shusterman has created incredible unique stories and ideas over and over again. This one has a definite "young adult" feel to it so it might not appeal to some readers but I listened to it while driving a long stretch and enjoyed it immensely as it kept me engaged and interested so that I barely felt the hours and hours I was driving. The characters aren't you're typical heroes but they are interesting enough teenagers dealing with a unique situation.
    • 3/5
      What would happen if you died and were "heading toward the light", like in a long tunnel, and then someone jostled you? You were sent careening off course... and when you awakened you were in another place? This is the premise of Shusterman's beginning title of the Skinjacker trilogy, Everlost. What starts with just a few characters - first the lonely point of view of Lief, an Everlost resident who has hunkered down in a safe forest, then to Allison & Nick, two recent arrivals who aren't willing to succumb to an eternity in Everlost, then to Mary Hightower, sage and rescuer of children, even to the thoughts and intentions of the much feared McGill- the author deftly combines current places and events with the ghostly, otherworld place called Everlost to create a believable landscape. While I thought I'd be following these three children only, trapped in a quiet, strange alternate reality, I was pleasantly surprised to see the story pick up and take off in directions I didn't expect. A great read for both boys/girls, probably most intriguing to fantasy fans. Has some thoughtful insights about the bigger issues: passage of time, falling in love, how death and life coincide with each other. A little over 300 pages.
    • 4/5
      I finally got around to reading this, after having read and liked a few other books by this author. This is an interesting fantasy book about kids who are stuck between death and moving on.
    • 4/5
      This was a captivating story about two teenagers, Nick and Allie who get into a car accident and are stuck between life and death in a called Everlost.
    • 4/5
      An interesting view of what happens if you don't "make it to where you were going." I thought the World Trade Center references were good, especially since I was reading this on 9/11 and it was already on my brain. Will definitely look for the others in the trilogy.
    • 4/5
      This book is really good, but it is not as good as his other books. The story's plot has a unique and creative idea. The characters are very well developed. This book is perfect for young teenagers.
    • 3/5
      Allie and Nick die in a car crash and wake up 9 months later to find that they have become Afterlights in the Everlost, a world of old memories and dead things.

      While Allie and Nick are lovable, the story is mainly driven by the plot. We don't learn too much about their personality through dialogue. Rather, the world and the ever-moving plot takes precedence.

      I liked the direction the story took and the speed at which the world developed.

      It had a little romance, but not really - and I appreciated that. Allie is a girl that gets by on wits and bull-headed will. Nick ends up finding himself a little more in the story too. There really isn't that much character change in the book, which is ultimately why I call this a plot book instead of a character book.

      3 stars because I liked it. Recommended for people who like YA fiction and moving plot.
    • 3/5
      I have read other books by Neal Shusterman before and I noticed a big difference in his writing style in this book. At least, it seemed that way to me. While I believe that this book is categorized as a young adult book, it read like a middle grade book. Despite that, I still enjoyed it quite a bit. It was a fast read, and that probably had a lot to do with the simplicity in the writing. The story in and of itself was very original in my opinion. I don’t think that I have ever read anything quite like this before.This story is about a girl named Allie and a boy named Nick who are unfortunately in a car accident that takes both of their lives. They end up in a type of “limbo” known as Everlost. We follow both of these characters on their journeys: Allie’s, to find her family. Nick’s journey takes an interesting turn that I will not mention due to spoilers. I found both of these characters to be very heartwarming and I grew to absolutely love them throughout the book. Other characters that were introduced in the book, especially Lief, became some of my favorite characters because of their amazing uniqueness.I think that this book is intended for a much younger audience, but I still found it be a very enjoyable, fast paced read. If you like middle grade books, no matter your age, I highly recommend this book. I do plan to continue on with the trilogy so that I can follow the stories of the characters that I grew to love so much in this book.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. It was such a unique story, I haven’t read anything quite like this before.

      Nick and Allie are killed instantly in a car crash and while heading down that tunnel toward the light, something happens and they find themselves waking up 9 months later in a beautiful lush forest near where the crash happened. It takes them a while to realize what must have happened, and discover they are not alone in this forest. There is a strange boy who has forgotten his name who they rechristen Leaf. Leaf has apparently been in this forest for many many years alone but has odd tales of other children who pass through from time to time and a monster named the McGill. As they set out to get some of their questions answered and to explore the world they now find themselves a part of, they discover that while only children populate this strange afterlife, there are still some very real dangers, even to those who can’t die.

      I thoroughly enjoyed following the adventures of Nick and Allie as they explored Everlost, meeting many unusual and memorable characters along the way. This book was so entertaining and engaging that I read the entire thing in one night. I was up pretty late but couldn’t put it down until I got to the end, and while it didn’t exactly end on a cliffhanger, I am certainly glad I have the next book in the series so that I can continue enjoying their adventures. I found it so easy to lose myself in this world. No flowery prose or overly wordy descriptions, just a straightforward, quickly moving plot with plenty of twists and turns that kept me guessing. There are so many things and places to discover in Everlost and Neal Shusterman does an amazing job of showing this world in a way that kept me engaged in the story at the same time.

      Rating 5 – I loved it and cannot wait to jump right into the next!
    • 2/5
      Interesting premise, bit of a let down in execution. The story just didn't spark for me although it was interesting at points.
    • 4/5
      Confession: I picked this up not because I was interested in the story but because Nick Podehl narrates. He didn't disappoint; neither did the book. Not sure I'll pick up the rest of the series, but I really enjoyed this.

      This was a useless review; sorry.
    • 4/5
      Everlost is a very good book. It's about a boy and a girl (Nick and Allie) who get in a car accident then end up flying off course to a world between life and death. A sort of limbo called Everlost. Nick and Allie soon find people who start to become friends, there are enemies made and a love connection. The kids soon learn about the dangers Everlost brings and everything that goes on. Nick and Allie get into bad situations throughout the book and they soon recover from them in the most clever ways. But the biggest mystery is uncovered at the end and it is a big one and a good one. Over all Everlost is a read and read again.
    • 4/5
      An extremely inventive story! Everlost is the world between life and death and only children populate it. Allie and Nick die in a car crash and bump each other out of their tunnel to the light. They meet Leif and learn about Everlost. This is a story of friendship above all else and it is a wonderfully written story.
    • 3/5
      This book would only interest those who like paranormal themes. It was a bit strange and I feel it would not hold the interest of most teens.
    • 3/5
      What if your light at the end of the tunnel burned out? What if your train to Nirvana derailed? How about your reincarnation stopped by Depo? If any of these things stopped you from moving on, you may end up in Everlost, as Allie and Nick found out after a fatal car crash left them in a luscious forest. As this pair get acquainted with their new afterlife, they stumble across an assortment of villains, horrors, and a bibliophile. Or maybe you could call the bibliophile the "Life After Death for Dummies" superstar author.The characters in this book really fell flat. For someone we spend the majority of the book with (Allie), we really don't get a good feel for her or really step into her character much - and the person who really seems to turn the book around (Nick), we see very little of and don't know him much by the time the book ends. The one character I feel we connected most with, that had the most real emotions coming through were Mary and Vari. We got to see more of their personality instead of being told what it was.The villain in the book seemed... for lack of a better term, nonthreatening. Ugly, very much so. Rude. UH-HUH. Evil?? Nope. It was an easy read, the story moved along, but at times, it really didn't feel like we were doing much. It almost seemed like scenes were put in there just to fill the time. The plot isn't deep, the ending is pretty predictable, and there isn't much to the suspense. I know this is labeled for a younger reader, but I still believe that this could have had a few subplots woven in for the enjoyment of older readers, especially given Shusterman's fan base. One thing that really and truly upset me were the amount of errors found in the book. This is a book put out by one of the biggest publishing houses out there. There is no reason to have as many errors as there are in this book. Self-published authors get slammed on a daily basis because of their lack of editing, and the big houses are putting out books that are entertaining, yes - but also riddled with blatant errors. There were instances of two characters speaking in the same paragraph, commas missing from the end of dialogue, "id" being used instead of "is" and the list goes on. I feel that, especially in a book that is aimed at younger readers, our goal is to show them how English SHOULD be written, not by throwing a popular author's book out there full of errors because the publishing house knows it will sell. I'm giving this book a three-star rating because the storyline was interesting, I was able to finish it, and I wasn't bored to death. However, I will say that I am getting increasingly more angry at the large publishing houses for their lax editing and formatting on their eBooks. As a whole, I am not interested enough in the series to pick up book two. I will, however, be reading book two of his Unwind series (which I thought was brilliant). Everlost is the second book of Shusterman's that I have read, and while I'm not thrilled with it, I haven't given up on him as an author. I want to see what else he has in store for me in his other books. :)
    • 4/5
      What if there is life afterdeath? Nick and Allie's deaths crosspaths when their cars collide in an accident. The two find themselves caught in a afterlife populated by children who never made it to where they were going. This limbo superimposes the real world with one that has been created of objects that were cherished on earth but "died"; for example the Twin Towers that is now inhabited by Afterlights looked after by Mary Hightower. Through a number of adventures and close calls, Allie discovers that she can "skinjack", ie. enter into living bodies. What she will do with this power has not been revealed. Nick, who is enamoured by Mary, must also find his role in Everlost without succombing to the monotony.A good book for reluctant readers, boys and girls alike.
    • 3/5
      Nick and Allie are killed in a traffic accident, and slip into a strange limbo land called ‘Everlost’, which bears some resemblance to our world, but operates by its own very different rules. They’re not yet ready to accept that they’ve left the real world behind, but they become increasingly drawn into engagements with the other inhabitants of Everlost, including Mary, who sees herself as the guardian of these lost souls, and the terrifying McGill. A fairly readable and imaginative young adult story, although in the long run I didn’t find it particularly memorable.
    • 3/5
      “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.” Allie and Nick meet each other stuck halfway between real life and actual death, a world known as Everlost. Everlost is a magical and wonderful place for those kids who didn’t quite make it to their deathbed. Everlost is magnificent and mind blowing, but you also must be aware of the dangers, like thieves, bullies, evil ones, and monsters, including the horrific McGill.Allie and Nick meet an odd boy, which they decide to name Leif. Leif is not new to Everlost, so he decides to show them the ropes. He tries to explain to them that your memory fades, you forget your family, you don’t need to breathe, you don’t need to sleep, you don’t endure pain, you sink on the road, you glow like an angel at night, and much more. After hearing that they will soon start to forget their own families, Allie and Nick refuse to believe so. They are then determined to go find their families, even know they cannot be seen. On the way they must deal with being shoved in barrels, bullies, other children, and others stuck in the world of Everlost, and several more challenges. At the same time journeying with new friends, they encounter enemies trying to stop them as they try to reunite with the ones they love.Everlost by Neal Shusterman is a very interesting book. There are positive features and negative. For example, Neal uses a wide range of vocabulary and makes the descriptions extremely vivid. He grabs the readers’ attention with several little things once they start to get bored. “What are you telling me? You can tell the future.” “Sort of,” Allie said. “I can when there is no future.” is a good example, because you want to know how and what will happen because of this. These little things wrap you inside of the book.However, the book isn’t perfect. Throughout the entire book, Neal neglected to put which characters are talking, and when. This makes the book very confusing, and I found myself going back and having to re-read several parts of the book multiple times. Another thing not so great about this book is that it is boring. You don’t want to read it, but then something little drags you further along. This happens throughout the entire book, making me want to drop it and never pick it up again. And because of it becoming boring, it takes a longer time to read while you could be reading better and more fascinating books. Despite the book being utterly boring and confusing, the setting and character development were woven in fantastically. I would have to rate this book three out of five stars.
    • 4/5
      Allie and Nick were having a normal day until a terrible car crash. They wake up nine months later. Stuck between life and death. In a place called Everlost. This place is dangerous. To dangerous for kids. A young boy was with them telling them what the can and can not do. He also tells them what to watch out for. Allie and Nick have struggles getting used to being in between life and death. This book was a really good book. It is one of my favorites. I love the mystery in Everlost. The author explains everything very well. I encourage everyone to read this book. This book is worth reading. I hope to read it again.
    • 5/5
      Everlost is one the best stories I've read in a while...at least in my opinion. I loved the modern references especially the random ones to the Amityville Horror and the different disasters that have happened in our lifetime. I also liked the fact that it wasn't like most young adult books nowadays. Romance hardly took place within the pages. It was mostly nonstop action. Shusterman definitely knows how to write a book that captures your attention.I especially like the relationship between Allie and Mcgill. As soon as they met, I was knew it was going to make the story a bit more interesting and I was right.
    • 5/5
      This review was originally posted on my blog, The Reading Hammock (readinghammock.blogspot.com).This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I found this novel intriguing because of Shusterman’s ability to describe his vision of afterlife—something that everyone contemplates. After I read the first few pages, Shusterman’s plot immediately caught my attention. The perfect balance between dialogue and explanation brought me even further into the world of Everlost and the minds of the main characters, Nick and Allie. I could easily relate to Nick and Allie because Shusterman also describes their feelings as they become more accustomed to this new world. I would recommend this novel to everyone, even if you are not usually drawn towards the science fiction or fantasy genres.
    • 5/5
      Allie and Nick die and are stuck in limbo. While there they discover one girl,Mary Hightower rules all the children in limbo -- Everlost. Allie can't help but want to live. Nick doesn't know what to do. Things clash and all that was must be questioned. Everlost draws you in fast since it weaves a story of strong characters as real people and makes things for you open about life after death. A deeply original story with alternating characters that should be thought even,after after life. You ...moreAllie and Nick die and are stuck in limbo. While there they discover one girl,Mary Hightower rules all the children in limbo -- Everlost. Allie can't help but want to live. Nick doesn't know what to do. Things clash and all that was must be questioned. Everlost draws you in fast since it weaves a story of strong characters as real people and makes things for you open about life after death. A deeply original story with alternating characters that should be thought even,after after life. You will come out feeling like a different person when you finish them.
    • 4/5
      Everlost is a place where the souls of children end up when, for whatever reason, they don't make it to their proper destination upon their death. The rules are strange and depending on whose influence they fall under, the souls can spend their time here in a variety of ways. Allie and Nick die in a car accident and end up together in Everlost. They become embroiled in the politics of the place as Mary Hightower seeks to extend her philosophy of Everlost, against a slew of others with different viewpoints.I picked up this book, and the next one in the trilogy, at a book fair. It attracted me because it seemed different than the other horror genre books out there.I finished the book because it was exciting. I wanted to know more about this place in between life and death. I like the character of Allie. She is tough, resourceful, and impetuous.I think that there is enough here for horror fans, as well as for those who like a little romance. I could have done without the romance, but it seems to be ever-present in this genre.
    • 4/5
      This book was interesting and very adventurous. I couldn’t put down the book. Everlost is about two people (Nick and Allie) who both died from a head on collision. Nick and Allie meet a boy who has been lost for a long time and is forgetting a lot of things from when he was alive. Also when you die whatever you were holding or had with you go with you to, but if you have been lost for a long time then the things that came with that person starts fading away and your memory also fades. Allie suspected that Mary (leaders of the lost souls) was trying to keep all of the lost souls from going on to the afterlife. So Allie leaves Nick and Leif (Leif a friend that she meet in the woods) behind to search for the haunter. It is a demon that can affect the living and the nonliving. All the after lights (lost souls) are afraid of it. Allie and the other after lights finally got to the last destination because of Allie.
    • 3/5
      Ok, I realize that this book says grade 8 and up, but it's in the YA section. I would say it's definitely Middle Grade. Now, keeping that in mind -I liked it. I think that for the younger end of YA, it's great! The characters are strong, the conversation flows nicely, there are some wonderful elements and some "WOW!" moments.Two families have a collision and one child from each vehicle dies. Somehow, on their way to wherever they're going, they get lost and end up in Everlost. Nick and Allie learn that Everlost is where all the lost Afterlights (lost children) end up and live. They meet a boy living in the forest near where their accident happened and he's been there so long, he doesn't remember his name anymore, so they name him Lief.Nick and Allie know there has to be a way to get to the end of their journey, although they are assured by Mary that Everlost is their final destination. Mary lives in the Twin Towers in New York with all the Afterlights that she can gather. She also writes books on how things work and what to avoid in Everlost. Are her books skewed a bit to her own thinking and not the truth? Maybe. At first 'living' at the Twin Towers seems great, but then Allie realizes that as lost souls, they are very likely to fall into ruts of repetitive behavior. Allie also believes that Mary WANTS that to happen. She decides to leave and take Nick and Lief with her. She is off to find the Haunter - she wants to learn how to affect the real world.They have several adventures, including figuring out how to send Afterlighters on to their final destination. They also realize that you can like someone and yet be at opposite ends or be at opposite ends and like someone - either way, it's true.