https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s en-us 2018-12-20 18:55:29 UTC 2024-03-26 19:05:30 UTC hello@padlet.com 1322901 https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262831 My Book talk was on Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin]]> 2018-12-20 18:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262831 1322901 https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262862 The story begins when Liz gets hit by a car and dies in a bike cycle accident, soon to wake up on a cruise ship to Elsewhere, a place were dead people go. As Liz takes great adventures through Elsewhere, shes slowly getting younger and has experiences around her. being accompanied by her grandmother Betty.]]> 2018-12-20 18:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262862 1322901 https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262898 "Elizabeth Hall wakes in a strange bed in a strange room with the strange feeling that her sheets are trying to smother her" (Gabrielle p. 11). This quote shows the beginning of Lizzie's adventure through the land of Elsewhere.]]> 2018-12-20 18:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262898 1322901 https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262973 An important character in the story is Liz the main character, since shes the character the book is surrounded on and focuses most on. ]]> 2018-12-20 18:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316262973 1322901 https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316263016 A important event that happens during Elsewhere is when Liz dies in a bike cycle accident and wakes up on a cruise ship to Elsewhere. This event is important to the story since it brings in the main plot and the reason why Liz is in Elsewhere in the beggining]]> 2018-12-20 18:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316263016 1322901 https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316263103 I'm giving Elsewhere a 4/5 because the idea of a girl dying to find out what happens in the afterlife sounds incredible. the only problem was that there was many slow parts in the book making it boring for my to read.]]> 2018-12-20 18:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316263103 1322901 https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316263299 "Two years seems like a lifetime"
This simile from Gabrielle shows that time can go by so slow for some people]]> 2018-12-20 18:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/191ds6101l0s/wish/316263299