The Great Blue Yonder (PB) - Couverture souple

Shearer, Alex

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330397001 ISBN 13 : 9780330397001

Editeur : Macmillan Children's Books, 2002

Synopsis

'You'll be sorry when I'm dead.' That's what Harry said to his sister, before the incident with the lorry. And now he is just that - dead. And he wishes more than anything that he hadn't said it. He wishes he could say sorry. And say goodbye to everyone he left behind - his mum, his dad, his best friend Pete, even Jelly Donkins, the class bully. Now he's on the Other Side, waiting to move on to the Great Blue Yonder. But he doesn't know how to get there - until he meets Arthur, a small boy in a top hat, who's been dead for years, who helps him say goodbye...

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

“You’ll be sorry when I’m dead.” That’s what Harry said to his sister right before he went off on his bike and got hit by a truck. And now he’s just that—dead—and he’s gone to the Other Side. Harry’s not quite sure how he fits in there, where the sun is always setting but never quite disappears and people wander about seemingly without direction, waiting to move on to the Great Blue Yonder. Moreover, he wishes he could take back what he said to his sister, or at least tell her he’s sorry. And he wouldn’t mind being able to say good-bye to everyone else he left behind. Then he finds a way to go back, and though what he discovers is not quite what he expected, he is given the chance to make peace with his sister, and more important, with himself.
This moving, often funny, book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

People seem to think it's an easy life when you're dead. But you can take it from Harry, it's no such thing.

After finding himself dead from a bike accident, Harry emerges on the Other Side, a strange land where the sun is always setting but never quite disappears, and dead people wander about, waiting to move on to the Great Blue Yonder. Harry's not sure exactly what the Great Blue Yonder is, but he doesn't want to go there until he's found some way to let his sister know that he's sorry for the mean things he said to her just before the accident. To do that, he'll have to return to Earth as a ghost--and face what life there is like without him.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0330397001
• ISBN 13: 9780330397001
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192