Shelly's Book Blog

Everlost, by Neal Shusterman, is about two teens who both die in an auto accident but do not "make it to where they are going." In other words, they end up in a limbo called Everlost. Here, the living world is in shadow, and as the resident souls move around they must seek out "dead spots," or places where people have died, because these are the only solid ground. In all other areas the souls simply start sinking, as though they were standing in quicksand. In this world, the twin towers in New York still stand, because they are special buildings that the collective human memory will never forget. Other things from the living world, such as a ship, a train station, the Hindenburg zeppelin, and a car, also have crossed over into Everlost because they were special in some way. Neal Shusterman has created an imaginative and exciting world for this story, and I really cared about Nick and Allie as they struggled to adapt to their deaths and make important choices. Neal Shusterman is quickly becoming one of my favorite YA authors.