30.5 - EVERLOST

"Everlost" by Neal Shusterman describes the adventures of Allie and Nick, the main characters in a world between heaven and hell. When Allie and Nick die in a disastrous car accident, they get lost on their way to heaven and stuck in a world called Everlost. Here they meet Leif an annoying twelve-year-old boy and learn about the McGill, a terrifying monster that has been terroroizing the children of Everlost. They find that Everlost is quite different to the real world, like the fact that if you stand in one place too long you start to sink to the middle of the earth, or that things from the real world pass through you and you can only touch objects that have passed into Everlost. Allie and Nick soon decide to go home and see if their parents survived the car crash. On their way they encounter the kingdom of Mary Hightower, a leader of some of the Afterlights, people that got stuck in Everlost. They stay for a few days and Nick quite likes it there. Allie on the other hand feels like she needs to move on, she decides to try to escape everlost and along with Nick and Leif goes to visit the Haunter, a nine-year-old boy who has the ability to communicate with the real world. Allie, however, underestimates the Haunter's powers and her friends get trapped and captured by the McGill. She then has to go on a dangerous journey to save Nick and Leif and hopefully find a way to get out of Everlost.

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