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Description edit
If you think being a teenager is tough, try living it when you're dead. That's the challenge faced by fourteen-year-old Lucy O'Sullivan when an act of kindness goes horribly wrong. Thrown into an afterlife that is far from heavenly, Lucy struggles to navigate her way through a world... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lucy: Main character, fourteen years old, curly red hair, freckles, green eyes
- Mrs. O'Sullivan: Lucy's Mom
- Digby: Lucy's younger brother, ten years old, blonde hair, blue eyes, good complexion
- Ben: A boy that Lucy meets and becomes good friends with in the after-life world that she goes to
- Puddles: Another boy that Lucy meets who becomes a good friend in the after-life world
- Colonel George: One of Lucy's teachers at Drookshire
- Haddie: An obnoxious girl who is one of Lucy's cottage mates
- Banks: Lucy's Cottage's leader
- Truman: A person that Lucy becomes friends with in the after-life world
- Samuel: A friend of Lucy's in the after-life world
- Harrison: Another friend of Lucy's in the after-life world
- Aunt Aggie: Lucy's aunt who loves board games
- Riley: Add a description of this character.
- Tobias
- Sandy
- Walker
- Anna
- Dewey
- Christof
- Babu
- Arthur
- Madame Mira
- Gadwick
- Luce
- Jack O’sullivan
- Madame Anaja
- Cassiel
Quotes edit
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“"I'll tell Puddles the score is even."”
Ben Walker
Setting & Locations edit
- Drookshire Castle: The place where Lucy stays in the after-life world
- The Village: One of the main places of the after-life world; kind of an attraction place; has lots of shops, a zoo, etc.
- Tiberon
- Forgotten City
- Calista
- Station
- Sanyu
- Salina
First Sentence edit
The end. Well, perhaps not quite yet, but very soon.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- The Fear of Death: you don't have to fear death
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States Of America
Publication Date: 02 October 2010
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 309
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States Of America
Publication Date: 02 October 2010
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 309
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThere are some scary parts in the book, but for 12 and up it seems fine.
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- A Most Curious Destiny: This is the blog of the author.
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