Lizzie begins spending all her time at an observation deck on a lighthouse near her grandmother's house. Lizzie's counselor, Aldous, suggests that Lizzie work as a counselor with newly arrived animals, but Lizzie hesitates at the offer. On her first full day on Elsewhere, Lizzie attends her acclimation meeting, a meeting with a counselor in which Lizzie learns about Elsewhere and is assigned an avocation. Lizzie becomes angry at this thought because she had so looked forward to turning sixteen, but now she never will. Betty was in her fifties when she died, but is now in her thirties. Betty explains to Lizzie that on Elsewhere, people age backwards. On Elsewhere, Lizzie is met by her grandmother, Betty, who died in the months before Lizzie was born. When the boat docks, Lizzie refuses to disembark in hopes that she can return with the boat to her previous life. However, when Lizzie is allowed to watch her own funeral, she is forced to realize the truth. Only fifteen, Lizzie wakes on a boat and holds on to the idea that she is only dreaming because she cannot imagine dying so young. Lizzie has died in a hit and run accident on her way to the mall. Elsewhere is a fascinating story of what happens to people after death. However, as Lizzie comes to understand the truth, she finds herself fighting reality and breaking the rules to get back to her family. When she wakes on a boat, she thinks that she is dreaming. In this novel, Lizzie has been killed in a hit and run accident.
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