![]() ![]() ![]() More than a few young adult novels begin with the sudden death of a family member or friend that the protagonist must emotionally deal with in the course of the story. ![]() Madeleine L'Engle's "Wrinkle in Time" and Natalie Babbitt's "Tuck Everlasting" come to mind - marvelous tales concerned with bending or banishing our forward march through time."Elsewhere," by Gabrielle Zevin, is such a book. Every so often a book comes along with a premise so fresh and arresting it seems to exist in a category all its own. ![]()
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