Book #1 of the Skinjacker Trilogy
This book begins with a car crash. Allie is suddenly rushing down a tunnel when Nick slams into her and they both come tumbling out. They find themselves completely unscathed in the middle of a forest. They meet a boy and he tells them that they have been dead for nine months. They travel throughout the world of the “almost dead”. In this realm of the “Everlost”, objects that have been loved and cared for and have died tragically (such as a birthday cake that was lovingly prepared by a mother and has fallen off a table) earn a “share of eternity”. However the kids in this world remember themselves in life, that is how they appear in the Everlost. Nick and Allie have quarrels with bands of thugs made up of almost dead kids that try to harm them. They defeat a monster named “The McGill”, then they take a ride in the Hindenburg, and they even jump into random living people’s skins and control them (this is called being a Skinjacker). It sounds quite morbid, and the cover of the book looks scary, but it really is not. Are you looking for a quirky adventure? Everlost is the right book for you!
Bodhi (Teen Reviewer)