Everwild
Going against Mary Hightower's wishes, Nick, "the chocolate ogre," is slowly trying to reach every kid in Everlost to hand each and every one a coin, which will release them from Everlost. Mikey McGill and Allie have joined a band of skinjackers who have more of an impact on the living world then...
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Going against Mary Hightower's wishes, Nick, "the chocolate ogre," is slowly trying to reach every kid in Everlost to hand each and every one a coin, which will release them from Everlost. Mikey McGill and Allie have joined a band of skinjackers who have more of an impact on the living world then any other inhabitant of Everlost. Except Mikey can't skinjack and Allie can - and there is a very good reason: Allie is not actually dead.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781416958642 (1416958649)
Publish date: November 2nd 2010
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English
Series: Skinjacker (#2)
If you haven't read Everlost, then you probably shouldn't read this review. But more importantly, don't read the synopsis of this book (Everwild) on Amazon as it gives away an important plot point that the book doesn't reveal until at least the 65% mark. Everlost is populated by children who died ...
I wasn't going to continue after book 1 in this trilogy, but I'm glad I did. The stakes and shape of the rest of the series surge in this second adventure. The kids are learning more about the nature, limitations, and opportunities afforded by their state. Particularly the skinjacker situation. Murd...
Giravano delle voci. Voci di cose terribili, di cose sublimi, di cose troppo grandi da tenere per sé e che quindi venivano tranquillamente trasmesse da un’anima all’anima, da un Ultraluce all’altro. Giravano voci di una bellissima strega, chiamata Strega del Cielo, che saliva verso il paradiso a bor...
I enjoyed Everwild much more so than Everlost. This second installlment in the Skinjacker series was much more insightful than the first book. Shusterman continued to give great references--Challenger space shuttle, Underground Atlanta and even Graceland. But, this novel, did not have me laughing as...
4.5 Stars Everlost is the place where sticks and stones won’t break your bones but names can always hurt you. It is also where things that were once loved and are destroyed in the real world might find themselves almost like an echo.“Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the ...