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Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin and Incantation by Alice Hoffman are two young adult book reviews that we have posted to this page, giving you a bit of insight into what they're about. We hope you'll read these book reviews for teens and adults alike and enjoy them. Hopefully you'll even try to write your very own book review examples of all of the wonderful stories you're sure to read in your quest to become the ultimate book reviewer!

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How would you like to live in a place where everyone ages backward? So it is in Elsewhere, the afterlife for Elizabeth Hall, who has died in a collision between her bike and a taxicab. Learning to cope with a life after death is obviously not the easiest or likeliest thing in the world to happen to a fifteen year old, but Elizabeth must deal with this problem. As she does, readers learn the intricacies of Gabrielle Zevin’s vision of the afterlife, and how completing your unfinished business is a possibility, if you’re willing to take a risk.

She views her life through binoculars on Elsewhere’s observation deck, and meets her grandmother, who passed away shortly before she was born, but has aged backward 15 years, and is now merely in her thirties. The people and pets she meets make her life on Elsewhere eventful and full, and combine to provide her with the perfect job to suit her abilities in this new “life” she has been forced to lead.

“Elsewhere” provides readers with an interesting escape and glimpse into a world that many are curious about, but no one understands. What if Elsewhere was truly the afterlife? Read and find out how you would feel about this if you ended up there.

Book Review #2: Incantation by Alice Hoffman

A story that will embrace young and old readers alike, this tale tells the story of a young girl struggling to find her place in a segregated society. Set during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, Estrella de Madrigal learns more than she could have ever hoped about the importance of family, friends, love, and faith in herself and all those around her. Her life reflects her struggle to conform to something that she isn’t, and find her place in a society where she doesn’t dread losing those she cares for most.

It is important to recall the atrocities of times past in order to fully comprehend and find substantial meaning in a book of such short page length, but such great depth. We are led through Estrella’s adolescence, where her best friendship is tested, her faith is called into question, and her family works at all costs to escape the persecution they so fear.

“Incantation” is a delightful read, that brings heartache and joy, and an instant rapport with the main character.

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