death

After 350 years as a Fetch, or death escort, Calder breaks his vows and enters the body of Rasputin, whose spirit causes rebellion in the Land of Lost Souls while Calder struggles to convey Ana and Alexis, orphaned in the Russian Revolution, to Heaven.

"The year is 1969. America is at war, "Hollywood" is a dirt-poor Chicano barrio in small town America, and Sammy and Juliana, about to head into their senior year, are in love."--back cover.

Three novellas explore the effects of death on young lives.

Though very different, events in their lives have made eleven-year-old Fiona and her younger sister Wallace close, so when Wallace disappears, Fiona risks foregoing the dance audition she has worked so hard to get.

At first, Sugar Plum cries when her mother leaves her with Mis' Lela, but the happy days they spend together make Sugar Plum want to remember her, even after she dies.

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

The remarkable story of one woman's near-death experience and the message it brings to all of us.

A powerful Mexican newspaper owner recalls episodes of his earlier life as he lies confined to his bed, gravely ill.