Allie (the Outcast) is a skinjacker - she can possess and inhabit the bodies of the living. He wants all Afterlights to find their way to their originally intended destination. Nick - the Chocolate Ogre - disagrees and he roams Everlost with a bucket containing coins that provide passage into the light. Mary thinks Everlost is a wonderful place and she "saves" the Afterlights she finds by giving them repetitive but addictive tasks to fill eternity. Mary Hightower, for instance, is so-called because she took up residence in New York in the Twin Towers. Adults never make it there, but significant or much-loved objects and buildings sometimes do.
Neal Shusterman continues his part zany adventure, part philosophical enquiry, and part coming-of-age story that began with Everlost in this follow-up that is perhaps even better than its predecessor.Įverlost is a kind of limbo and home to children - Afterlights - who have died, but somehow missed the tunnel and the light - wherever and whatever the light actually is.
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