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By Gabrielle Zevin A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIME A Deluxe Special Edition with stained edges and bonus content! Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times –bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry . Is it possible to grow up while getting younger? Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick, and you’ll never turn even a day older . . . This is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth yet completely different. Here, Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. Now that she’s dead, though, Liz is forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has never met before. And it isn’t going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? A book that transcends genre and category, Elsewhere is a modern YA classic. This deluxe edition features stained edges, an introduction written by the author, a new Q&A from the author, and personal black-and-white photographs. AWARDS • 2006 ALA Notable Children's Books long-listed • IRA Young Adult Choices long-listed • 2005 Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List long-listed • 2004 Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice long-listed • 2008 Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award ML long-listed • 2007 NYPL Books for the Teen Age winner • 2007 Georgia Peach Book Award Master List long-listed • Delaware Blue Hen Book Master List long-listed • Amazon.com Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens long-listed • 2007 Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List long-listed •…