| Author | Neal Shusterman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Skinjacker Trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Pages | 432 [1] |
| ISBN | 1847387322 |
| Preceded by | Everlost |
| Followed by | Ever found[2] |
Everwild is a 2010 fantasy novel by the aclaimed award winning young-adult fiction author Neal Shusterman[4]. The book is the second book in the aclaimed Skinjacker Trilogy, which takes place in Everlost, a limbo place between life and death.
Summary
editEverwild continues the story of Allie and Nick, as they pursue separate goals. Allie sets off with Mikey, who was once the terrifying monster the McGill in the book Everlost, to find her parents in hopes that she might put her spirit to rest, while Nick finds in a race against to save the Afterlights from endless entrapment in Everlost by Mary Hightower. Traveling in the memory of the Hindenburg, Mary is spreading her propaganda and attracting Afterlights to her cause at a frightening speed.[5][6]
Meanwhile, Allie the Outcast travels home to seek out her parents, along with Mikey, who was once the terrifying monster the McGill. Allie is tempted by the seductive thrill of skinjacking the living, until she discovers the shocking truth about skinjackers: all skinjackers aren't necessarily dead or alive.[5][6]
Characters
edit- Alexandra "Allie" the outcast: Allie 14-year old girl that dies after her car she is riding in, crashes head on on a highway with the packed black Mercedes that Nick was in. Alie is brave and "goal" orientated though not a planner. She was reborn nine months later in "Everlost" as an afterlight. In the first book Everlost Allie discovers that she have the gifted ability to "possess or "skinjack" as it is called in the book people. This book continues her quest to travel back home to meet her parents in order to put her troubled mind at ease. [7][8]
- Nicholas "Nick": A half-Japanese boy that is more of a follower, not a leader. He was riding in a packed black Mercedes on the way to a wedding when he died with chocolate on his face; now he is stuck in formal clothes and a chocolate covered mouth for eternity. He is fourteen years old.[8][7]
- Megan "Mary Hightower" McGill: The self-proclaimed expert on Everlost, she has written many books on living in the world between life and death. She also thinks of herself as the mother of the many children stuck in this world, being one of the oldest inhabitants at fifteen. She will do anything to keep the "lost" afterlights in Everlost.[8][7]
- Mikey McGill: The sister of Megan McGill. He is trying to redeem himself after spending nearly 20 years "kidnapping" afterlights after believing a fortune in a chinese fortune cookie that in exchange for 1000 souls, he can return to the land of the living. He tries his best from returning to the old ways. He accompanies Allie in her request to return to her home to meet her parents one last time.[8][7]
- Milos: A Russian skinjacker that Allie and Mikey team up with in their travels to Memphis, Tennesse.[8]
- Danny Rozelli: The little boy who Allie skinjacks to get into her parents' home.[8]
- Isaiah: Lead afterlight in Atlanta, Georgia. She may have been a slave.[8]
- Pugsy Capone: Lead afterlight in Chicago.[8]* Jill: A skinjacker who works for Pugsy Capone. Also known as Jackin' Jill.[8][7]
- Moose: A skinjacker who is permanently in football gear. His speech is impeded due to the mouthguard he is wearing.[8]
- Charlie: Conducter of the ghost train Nick uses to travel.[8]
- Zin: The reaper. She is a former conferderate soldier[8]
Reference
edit- ^ a b "Everwild--Amazon Page". Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ "Everfound (Skinjacker Trilogy, book 3) by Neal Shüsterman". Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ "Everwild". Fantastic Fiction, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "Neal Shusterman - Award-Winning Author, Screenwriter & Television Writer For X-File". July 4, 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Everwild by Neal Shusterman". Caught Between the Pages. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ a b Shusterman, Neal (2010). Everwild. 1847387322. p. 432. ISBN 1847387322.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Everlost". Shelfari. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Everwild". Shelfari. Retrieved 21 January 2011.