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Synopsis
Ellie heads up her high school yearbook, and until the tornadoes come, her biggest worry is how to raise enough money to print them. But since the day when a rash of powerful tornadoes touched down in Newfoundland, Ohio--killing more than half of the students in her school, not to mention dozens more people throughout the town--she's been haunted: by the ghosts of her best friends, by the boy next door, even by her boyfriend. And the living are haunting her too, all those left behind in the storm's wake to cope with the "gone away" pieces in their lives.
Is The Gone Away Place appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A haunting YA fantasy about a teen coping with loss after devastating tornadoes kill most of her classmates and leave her seeing ghosts. Deals with mass death, trauma, and grief in an emotionally intense but age-appropriate way.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, mass death, death of child, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will connect with this emotionally powerful story about surviving tragedy and finding ways to move forward when everyone around you is gone.