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Everlost (The Skinjacker Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Neal Shusterman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 691 ratings
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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 get 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 onger 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 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.
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    10 - 13 years, from customers
  2. Book 1 of 3
    The Skinjacker Trilogy
  3. Print length
    321 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Lexile measure
    860L
  7. Publisher
    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  8. Publication date
    June 20, 2008
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  13. ISBN-13
    978-1534483286
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Starred Review. Grade 8 Up–Nick and Allie are killed in an automobile accident and meet as they are heading down a tunnel toward the light. They land in Everlost, the space between the living and the end of the tunnel, and meet Lief, from whom they learn that Afterlights cannot walk where the living walk and that they cannot be seen or heard by the living. Allie is determined to go home, so she and Nick set out from the accident site in upstate New York and the safety of Lief's forest for New Jersey. Even though they have been warned about the McGill, a dreaded, evil monster, they slowly make their way, eventually arriving in New York City. There they meet Mary Hightower, who cares for Afterlights in the destroyed World Trade Towers, keeping them safe from the McGill and the Haunter. (In addition to children, buildings and objects can also cross into Everlost if they were much loved.) In their ensuing adventures, they are captured by the McGill and suffer a horrible fate before Nick discovers his true purpose in Everlost. Schusterman has created a world in which nothing is as it seems. As the teens struggle to make sense of this alternate afterlife, they also grow and develop as people. They learn to question those who have put themselves in power, and they begin to see what is truly important. Shusterman has reimagined what happens after death and questions power and the meaning of charity. While all this is going on, he has also managed to write a rip-roaring adventure complete with monsters, blimps, and high-diving horses.–Lynn Evarts, Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac, WI
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Following a fatal car accident, teenagers Nick and Allie collide with each other on the way toward the light and are shoved into an alternate state of existence. No longer living but not yet at the end of their journey, they land in Everlost, a color-bleached plane populated with child and teen spirits. There are rules in Everlost that new "greensouls" must learn to survive: keep moving, don't fall into a routine, don't seek the living, watch out for gangs, and steer clear of the McGill, Everlost's resident monster. Such rules are immortalized in the many books on Everlost penned by Mary Hightower, the leader of a large community of souls residing in the inanimate ghosts of New York's Twin Towers. Enamored of Mary, Nick begins to settle in, while Allie fights to escape. Although a strong setup for a unique exploration of life after death, of which there are brief glimpses, the story instead charges ahead in an increasingly zany action adventure that will particularly attract readers of the adventure, fantasy, and science fiction genres and that may herald a sequel. Holly Koelling
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002NT3B6Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition (June 20, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 20, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4445 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 321 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Neal Shusterman is the author of many novels for young adults, including Unwind, which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers, Everlost, and Downsiders, which was nominated for twelve state reading awards. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows such as Animorphs and Goosebumps. The father of four children, Neal lives in southern California.

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AMAZING!!!!!!! Best book I have ever read
Now I’m not a big fan of books, I only read them for school. I got this book from our school library. The beginning was a bit slow but later I was hooked and started reading it in my spare time. I now have read the second book as well, which to be honest is better then the first. A good book for any preteen.
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Cynthia Hanworth
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2010
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I loved this book. Everlost is a brilliant combination of mystery, romance, magic and the supernatural perfectly put together. This book's many twists and turns are one of my favorite things about it. The characters in this book are very complex. My favorite was the Mcgill who had made himself into a monster but was really just another afterlight on the inside. He was the only afterlight to return from the center of the earth and it changed him completely.
I highly recommend this book especially for teenage readers. I would also recommend its sequel Everwild, an equally exiting followup.
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TrayceeJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just For Kids!
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2011
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I am 50 years old and recently got a Kindle for my birthday. My 11 year old daughter was reading Everlost at the time, that she checked out from the library. She was so excited by this book and wanted to share every detail with me, but at the same time she wanted me to read it for myself. I am so glad she did! I was absorbed into this story from the beginning. It is written with such detail that you can picture everything the author wants you to "see" in your mind, like it or not. The characters are interesting, well rounded and unique. As soon as I finished Everlost, I jumped right into Everwild, which I love! I am anxiously awaiting Everwind. I can totally see this series of books translate into amazing movies if the characters are handled with the same care that is done in the books. Neal Shusterman is now one of my favorite authors. You will not be disappointed by these books!
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Amanda Adams
4.0 out of 5 stars A YA Novel For Grown Ups, Too
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017
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Such a unique story. When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash and wake in a peaceful, lush forest, they are at first confused about what happened. They meet Leaf who has been in the forest for a very long time. He tells Nick and Allie about other children like them he has met and about a monster named The McGill. Eventually they set out together to explore this strange new world called Everlost. One odd thing they come to realize is that only children live in this afterlife. Something else surprising is that there is a great deal of danger even to the 'dead'.

Neal Shusterman has written an engaging story full of twists and turns to keep the reader on their toes. This is not simply a YA novel, adults can fall under it's spell just as easily and teens. The story doesn't end on a cliffhanger but I can't imagine not wanting to dive right into the next book in the series.
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Bumblebug
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun modern day fairy tale.
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2011
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After really enjoying Neal Shusterman's Unwind I decided to try out this book. I'm very glad I did too because its one of the most fun books I've read in a long time. Everlost is grand adventure with many fun twist and turns around every corner. In this sense it reminds me very much of some of the fun stories I used to hear in fairy tales as a kid. Its also very impressive how the author ties up all the loose ends at the end of the book. Every little detail you read about in the beginning comes back around in the end of the book and its really quite amazing, you'll have a hard time putting it down. I would easily recommend this book to anyone. I believe no matter who old or young you are you will enjoy this story.
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Dranea79
3.0 out of 5 stars I was disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2012
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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. :)
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Alice Abyss
5.0 out of 5 stars An afterlife story like no other
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2013
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An incredible story about a group of children's journey to Everlost, a kind of afterlife before you "get where you're going." The characters in this book are mostly children and the story itself reminds me of bedtime stories. Everlost is a type of Neverland where the children never age; though in Everlost you can sink to the center of the Earth, fall through the water as if it were air, and haunt the lives of the living. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read the Unwind series by the same author and to anyone who loves adventure, comedy, and stories about the afterlife.
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florence starling
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent experience
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2017
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The book was in excellent condition, very fast delivery time, well packaged and the book was as described. Very positive experience and I would definitely order again and recommend.
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Leanne
4.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2014
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I'm a hair away from turning 40 and even though the characters in this book are teenagers I was still captivated by the story. I've been really enjoying Dystopian novels and while I'm not sure if this falls in that category I still enjoyed it. Very different from the Unwind series. While I think this was the best of the three, give the whole series a try. All three books were a good read.
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The Bookette
4.0 out of 5 stars An imaginative masterpiece
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2010
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Everlost is a place that exists between life and death. I imagine it as a dimension existing around our own almost like a hologram world but that's just how my vision formed as I read the book. Neal Shusterman's world can only be described as an imaginative masterpiece. Allie and Nick find themselves in Everlost because they bumped into each other on their way to the glowing light after the moment of their death. Once they awaken from their long slumber, they are met by Lief, a boy who has been living in a forest of Everlost for many, many years. Lief introduces us to their new state of being. They are Afterlights existing without needing any food or drink to sustain them. The two new arrivals want to follow their natural instinct to leave the forest and make their way back home. Once they take this journey, the story really begins as the world of Everlost unfolds around them and they meet the characters who have become, for different reasons, leaders of this ghostly world.

Shusterman communicates many ideas and concepts to transform Everlost into a fascinating and believable world. Part of the beauty of the story is learning about these along with Nick and Allie. I really don't want to give any spoilers because this book should be experienced in its imaginative entirety. So instead I'll ask some questions that you may find the answers to by reading the book. Why do we believe ghosts to repeat the same pattern day after day? What happens when your soul travels to the centre of the earth? Why do adults never land in Everlost? Who or what is the McGill?

One of the things that I really liked about this book is that Shusterman doesn't portray Allie and Nick as grieving children who long for their family. He doesn't focus on the fact that they should be in emotional agony. Instead he focuses on their integration into the world of Everlost. Some people could read this as a weakness but I personally see it as a choice not to sentimentalise the book and I like that quality. The plot moves a steady pace as Allie and Nick move around Everlost facing many challenges and fears. The one point I would pick up on is Nick's relationship with Mary. The love that grows between them seemed cosmetic and without any depth. I understand the reasons for this but it still irritated me during my reading.

Reading Everlost was a journey into an unknown world which is populated by the most fascinating characters with ghostly abilities. Although this isn't quite my usual read, I did enjoy it. I am reminded of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book as Everlost has the same extraordinary imaginative power to transport to you to a different ingenious world. I would definitely recommend this to fantasy fans 10+ or anyone who is looking for something just a little bit different.
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Lyn
3.0 out of 5 stars good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2013
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It was ok but it wasn't really for me. Not much happened and it hot a bit boring. They stretched it out to much so that you weren't excited and I just ended up taking he really long to read a book that I could've read faster and enjoyed it more if it wasn't so stretched out.
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Ms. J. Clarke
4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2011
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I bought this as I am a real fan of books that are set in someone's version or idea of the afterlife.
Elsewhere, The Five people You Meet in Heaven and The Everafter are similar and also books I love so
I thought I'd see what ideas Neal Shusterman has come up with about what happens to us, or in this book,
children after we die.

Firstly I liked the way we were introduced to the Everlost. At first you're not sure if Allie and Nick are
really dead until we meet their new friend Lief, who has been on his own ever since he ended up there.
He's so excited to meet new people that he decides to go with them as Nick and Allie try to figure out
what has happened to them, where they are, and how they get to where they were going. It is soon revealed that
this really isn't heaven for children, its and inbetween place where some children on their way to heaven
get a little lost. And its not a very safe place to be.

We meet lots of interesting characters along the way, Mary Queen of Snots is one of my favourites, even if she
is not the good girl we all are led to believe, however I do believe that all she ever had are good intentions.
ut apparently the road to hell is paved with those.

I found Allie quite annoying and warmed to Nick much more, he turned out to be a real hero in this book. The characters overall were very well written, The McGill (The big bad monster) had many more layers to him than just
being a monster. I was very surprised to find out who some of the characters really were at the end, the ending
was quite exciting. And so I'm looking forward to the next book, it is in my ever growing pile of books to read.
And I'm hoping the story will continue to be exciting!
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