afterlife

Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned to attend college with him; but then Sam died. Getting rid of his things and trying to erase him from her life is not working, so, desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls his cell phone. She expects to hear his voicemail--but then Sam answers, and suddenly their phones become the living connection between them, a connection Julie finds impossible to let go.

"In Buddhist tradition, a person must travel for forty-nine days after they die, before they can fully cross over. Here in this book, readers travel with one Korean American girl, Kit, on her journey, while also spending time with her family and friends left behind"--Provided by publisher.

Readers begin this graphic novel-style, choose-your-own-adventure story dead. Starting in some sort of waiting room with nothing in it but a receptionist and a book on a table nearby, readers must make choices on where they go on their journey into the Beyond--out the door, out the window, onto a pirate ship, getting in a car crash, or opening the book. Even the reception room is not what it seems.

Riley Oh ventures into the Spiritrealm, where she hopes to convince Saint Heo Jun to become the new patron god of the Gom clan and restore their healing powers.

By weaving through her memories and watching the family and friends she left behind, eighteen-year-old Liz Valchar solves the mystery of how her life ended in the Long Island Sound.

Totally in love and dead with a broken heart when her boyfriend tells her he does not love her, Brie Eagan goes through the five stages of grief before she can enter the afterlife.