Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s, Teenage & Educational
Weblink
www.anndeeellis.com

THE END (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT)

Ann Dee Ellis

For fans of Sara Zarr and Stephen Chbosky, an achingly raw and surprisingly funny novel about coping with loss.

Lately, Emmy spends all her time hiding under her bed, eating junk food, and preparing for the day, when her late best friend Kim's ghost will come and visit her, just like they planned. The past year without her afterlife-obsessed friend has been terrible. Finally, on the day before the one-year anniversary of Kim's death, Emmy is visitied by a ghost - but it's her awful dead science teacher.

As more ghosts appear, Emmy begins to realize that she's not alone in her pain, and starts coming to terms with her past. Kim would have wanted her to move forward - and to do that, Emmy needs to start letting go.

Ann Dee (pronounced "Andy") Ellis received an MA from Brigham Young University, where she now works as an instructor for creative writing for children and young adults. She lives in Utah with her husband and two young sons.

Available products
Book Published 2014-05-01 by Dial Books for Young Readers
Book Published 2014-05-01 by Dial Books for Young Readers

Comments

The End or Something Like That breaks your heart and mends it back together with hope and humor. After reading this book, I believe.

Ann Dee Ellis has one of the most interesting voices I know. I love the humor, honesty, and restraint with which she explores Emmy’s complicated relationship with the past, the present, and herself.

Ann Dee Ellis is my own personal J.D. Salinger. Sometimes haunted, sometimes haunting, but always achingly human, she finds truth in a burrito and a pizza boy, a fistful of gummy bears, and a dead science teacher. You will truly love this book.

A hard-hitting story about remembering the dead while not forgetting the living. Read more...

Incredibly funny, sad, magical, and real all at the same time. Count me as a major fan.

The End or Something Like That dares you to suspend all disbelief and look at loss, and life itself, in an entirely new way. This is a hilarious and awesomely weird ode to friendship and youth—with the kind of stellar prose that won’t let you look away.