Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death.
The author, a pastor, describes his near-death experience after a car accident in 1989, explaining that he went to Heaven and was brought back to Earth by a miracle, and discusses the impact of the event on his life.
When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra.
After being struck by lighting, a woman undergoes startling physical and emotional changes, and sets out to find another lighting-strike survivor in the hopes of learning how to cope with her new life.
Certain that his death was a mistake, wise guy David James finds himself teamed up with the "Queen of the Nerds" from his high school in preparation for a debate with God.
the true story of a man who died twice and the profound revelations he received
Brinkley, Dannion
2008
Dannion Brinkley tells the true story of visiting the afterlife, meeting angels, and receiving over 100 revelations after being declared dead from a lightning strike in 1975.
Describes near-death experiences of children, accident victims, and people undergoing surgery. Explores the descriptions of people who have had near-death experiences as well as scientific explanations for common features of the experience.
Examines, through photographs and text, two similar phenomena, near-death and out-of-body experiences, in which people are separated from their bodies and reports cases of people who claim to have had such experiences.
Convinced that she has nine lives after cheating death twice as a child, sixteen-year-old Dani tries to forfeit her remaining lives in hopes of saving her twin sister, Jena, whose leukemia is consuming their family.
