Book
After life / Gayle Forman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063346147 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 266 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 14 up. Grades 10-12. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Families > Juvenile fiction. Future life > Juvenile fiction. Teenagers > Death > Juvenile fiction. Family life > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Future life > Fiction. Teenagers > Death > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Magic realist fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | YA Forma | 31681010402691 | YADULT | Reshelving | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Amber bikes home one spring, seven years after she died after being hit by a car while riding that bike, and her return impacts those around her as she struggles to learn how and why she got a second chance. Simultaneous eBook. - Baker & Taylor
"One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This return doesn't only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone's turmoil, Amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? How and why was she given this second chance?"-- - HARPERCOLL
A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick
"Gayle Forman has an uncanny ability to create characters in which we see ourselves, and her latestâwhich looks at where love goes, after a lossâis an honest, heartbreaking elegy to how memory makes relationships eternal." âJodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"I was consumed by this thought-provoking, deftly written, multilayered novel. Gayle Forman reigns as the queen of breaking hearts with a touch of magic." âAdam Silvera, #1 New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at the End
One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. Itâs just another perfectly normal day. But when Amberâs mom sees her, she screams.
Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle sheâs inexplicably riding now.Â
This return doesnât only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amberâs estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amberâs friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyoneâs turmoil, Amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? How and why was she given this second chance?
This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity.
