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My one peeve is the clumsy use of present tense structure. It may be just me, let me rephrase that... it probably isn't clumsy, but it distracted me from the narrative and once I noticed that distraction it was hard to avoid. I] raced through this pure wonder of a book in a few days NINA MINGYA POWLES, author of Small Bodies of Water

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - SuperSummary

Liz dies at 15-years-young in a freak accident and desperately claws for her old life on Earth, which now seems faraway, otherworldly, and distant. However, little by little she learns to lean in and embrace her new world with a rush of tenderness and warmly kept appreciation. Her surroundings and the people in her new world gradually feel less foreign and over time she begins to acclimate. She soul-searches and discovers herself at each new turn. GABRIELLE ZEVIN is a New York Times best-selling novelist whose books have been translated into forty languages.

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I read this in one sitting - I physically couldn't put it down. It is just as wonderful as everyone says LOUISE O'NEILL, author of Idol Zevin's delight in her characters, their qualities, and their projects sprinkles a layer of fairy dust over the whole enterprise. Sure to enchant even those who have never played a video game in their lives, with instant cult status for those who have. Kirkus It did at first; it hurt like hell, but not anymore." Thandi lowers her hair. "I think it's getting better actually." Zevin's 2007 young adult book Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac was chosen for the ALA Best Books for Young Adults list. In 2010, she and Hans Canosa adapted it into a screenplay that became the Japanese movie Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita ( Someone Kissed Me), starring top teen idol actress Maki Horikita. [10] Other writing [ edit ] This book is impossibly good-one of the best books I've ever read in my entire life. I press it into people's hands with a demented kind of urgency. 'Yeah, yeah, I don't care about video games either. I promise you'll love it.' And everybody does. How did Gabrielle Zevin write such a perfect novel about friendship? I mean, really. How? In any case, she did, and it's a treasure CATHERINE NEWMAN

Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin

Even the most cynical fourteen year-olds should be captivated by Gabrielle Zevin’s witty dialogue and charming characters.”— Portland TribuneAn artfully balanced novel - charming but never saccharine. The world Zevin has created is textured, expansive and, just like those built by her characters, playful Pippa Bailey, Observer Powerful and thought provoking in the way that recalls Lois Lowry’s The Giver, this bittersweet tale will move some readers to tears with its devastating beauty and loss.”— Seattle Post-Intelligencer I wonder if there's a hat in here somewhere," says Liz. Even in a dream, Liz isn't sure she wants to be the freaky bald girl. She opens the closet and looks under the bed: both are as empty as the bureau.