As expected, Emily arrives at Elsewhere a few days later.

Liz later learns that Owen was married to a woman named Emily on Earth, and when checking the list of new passengers, she finds Emily's name on it. Owen contacts Liz's brother for her, taking a dive to The Well. She discovers that she can actually talk to animals. Liz picks animals, who, like humans, age backward in Elsewhere. Liz returns to her grandmother and is forced to get an 'advocate,' meet with an adviser, and get something similar to a job to take up her time and hopefully relieve her mind of her tragic depression. She is able to reach out to her brother but is caught by Owen, whom she met on the island.

The second attempt, however, is successful. She gets caught by her grandmother right before she enters the water. Liz's first attempt to reach Earth is unsuccessful. While at the OD, she learns of a place named 'The Well' that is rumored to be a place where someone who is in Elsewhere can make contact with someone on Earth. Liz can not get over the fact that she is dead, and spends every day at the OD. Liz watches her own funeral from the 'Observation Deck', or OD in short, and learns that though she is able to see Earth, she is not allowed to make contact with anyone there. Liz meets her grandmother, who is very young by now, and takes care of Liz. In Elsewhere, everyone ages backwards until they reach 7 days old and then are sent back to Earth as a baby to be reborn. The ship arrives to an island called 'Elsewhere'.

She meets her idol, who turns out to be dead, like her. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the cabin of a ship named the SS Nile. Elsewhere is a 2005 young adult, speculative novel by Gabrielle Zevin.įifteen-year-old Liz is hit and killed by a taxi.

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin